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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16662, 18 February 1922, Page 17

Communication between Bucharest and the Black Sea ports has been restored by the re-opening of the bridge over the Danube at Ozernavoda. This bridge carries the railway from Constanza to Bucharebt It wan destroyed by the Germans iri 1917, and reconstruction work was vofiu/mnced irnnie,diately the armisti* < vu* signed First opened in 1895, the value of the route lies in the fact that i» remains open when the Danube closes for navigation in winter, and ahips arc not able to discharge their <«rgo«- M at Galatz. The total length of the bridge with its approaches is nearly three miles, and, taking into account the difficulty of obtaining a secure foundation, its construction may be regarded o"«» of the greatest engineering feats of modern timet