. The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world. 1. Cantilever Bridge, near Posen. 2 Cable Suspension Bridge, over the East River, New Yorli. 3. Ciiain Suspension Bridge, over the Monongahela River, at Pittsburg. 4. Stone Arch Bridge, near Berne. BRIDGE type, some of them consisting of as many as20 arches. Of the Italian bridges built during this period,the best examples are the Ponte Vecchio inFlorence, built in 1362, the bridge at Mantua,and the Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canalin Venic
. The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world. 1. Cantilever Bridge, near Posen. 2 Cable Suspension Bridge, over the East River, New Yorli. 3. Ciiain Suspension Bridge, over the Monongahela River, at Pittsburg. 4. Stone Arch Bridge, near Berne. BRIDGE type, some of them consisting of as many as20 arches. Of the Italian bridges built during this period,the best examples are the Ponte Vecchio inFlorence, built in 1362, the bridge at Mantua,and the Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canalin Venice, built in 1588. These bridges were ofthe covered type, that is, they had a coveredgallery which was flanked by a double line ofbooths and small shops in which all kinds ofmerchandise were exposed for sale. In Italy,the use of wood as a material of constructionwas generally adhered to until the 13th century,although in France, and in the other countriesof northern Europe it had been generally sup-planted by masonry. Yet, at the close of the15th century. Italy had some fme stone struc-tures— the bridges at Mossa and Signa in Tus-cany, and the Pon
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