. American engineer and railroad journal . d by the Ministerof Roads and Communications in 1887. Of course the light topography of the country has notrequired the application of these relaxations concerning THE MARGHERITA BRIDGE AT ROME. (From Industries,) tN iSSi a law was passed by the Italian Government forenforcing the construction of at least two bridges over theTiber, at Rome, by the city authorities. One of these,called the Garibaldi Bridge, was completed in 1888, andthe other, called the Margherita Bridge, which is the sub-ject of this article, was opened to the public in Decemberlast.
. American engineer and railroad journal . d by the Ministerof Roads and Communications in 1887. Of course the light topography of the country has notrequired the application of these relaxations concerning THE MARGHERITA BRIDGE AT ROME. (From Industries,) tN iSSi a law was passed by the Italian Government forenforcing the construction of at least two bridges over theTiber, at Rome, by the city authorities. One of these,called the Garibaldi Bridge, was completed in 1888, andthe other, called the Margherita Bridge, which is the sub-ject of this article, was opened to the public in Decemberlast. Fig. I shows a general elevation of the bridge ; a transverse section, and fig. 3 a half plan. The bridgeis a handsome and substantial structure. The foundations were made with large compressed aircaissons, 100 ft. X 46 ft. 6 in. The depth of the founda-tions was intended to be 43 ft., but was afterward in-creased to about 52 ft. below the low-water level of theriver. The foundation work has been carried out by the ^X-c««i-p^=fil. Flo. 1 —Part-Sbctional Elrvation.
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