WORLD’S BIGGEST BRIDGE.
The last span of the lower Zambesi Bridge has been completed, though before the bridge is opened there remuins to be dono h certain amoiiiit of riveting, painting, stone-pitching round the piers to prevent scour, and the erection of the hand railing and footpath. , . „ . , The lower Zambesi Bridge is ever two miles in length and ranks as the largest in the world. At the point where the bridge crosses, the river is approximately 11.650 ft wide. The ■whole transportation system of East Africa will he greatly influenced by the opening of this bridge.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 49, 25 January 1935, Page 12
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96WORLD’S BIGGEST BRIDGE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 49, 25 January 1935, Page 12
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