BRIDGE OVER RHINE
AMERICAN ENGINEERS* RECORD (Rec. 10.30 p.m.) • LONDON, Mar. 25. American engineers in Field-marshal Montgomery’s bridgehead claimed to have broken every known bridgebuilding record when they constructed a 1146-foot footbridge across the Rhine at Wesel in nine hours, reports the Associated Press correspondent. ... The bridge is said to be the longest footbridge in the world. It was generally estimated that the building would take 48 hours. Only one man was slightly wounded during the construction,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25804, 27 March 1945, Page 5
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