BIGGER THAN THE FOURTH BRIDGE

Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 21, 2 January 1907, Page 5

BIGGER THAN THE FOURTH BRIDGE

The Immense bridge now bstay' thrown across the St. Lasmnee River a few miles above Quebec wilt be in some respects the most remark-, able in the world. I It will gave a single span of eighteen hundred feet clear between towers—ninety feet longer than the two equal cantilever spans of the Forth Bridge. The depth of the river and the necessity for keeping this important waterway unobstructed made tlfe construction of piers impracticable. The importance of the bridge will bo gathered from the tact that the river is at present unspanned until Montreal is reached, one hundred and sixty-five miles higher up, and below the city of Quebec the bridging of the river is impossible owing to its great width. There are very important lines of railway on either side of the river, which will intor-com.nuuicate as soon as the bridge is complete. The structure consists of giant cantilever on either shore supporting an immense central span at a height of 150 ft. clear above high water mark. The total width will be 75ft., providing trolley-roads, two highways, and space for two steam railroads, two sidewalks, which last are to be placed outside the trusses. The structure will be formed entirely of rolled steel girders, not a single casting being used anywhere upon it. —"Chambers’s Journal."