. The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels and canals, in various parts of the world . The distance from Fluelen, on the Lakeof Luzcnie in Switzerland, to Bellinzone near LakeMaggiore, in Italy, is seventy miles; nearly the wholedistance being either a continual ascent, or a continualdescent. Three hundred pack-horses or mules, cross themountain weekly, for a portion of the liie Duviis Biid|e. The cantons of Uri and Tessino, in which the Avholeof this pass lies, have partly (this was in the year 1828,)
. The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels and canals, in various parts of the world . The distance from Fluelen, on the Lakeof Luzcnie in Switzerland, to Bellinzone near LakeMaggiore, in Italy, is seventy miles; nearly the wholedistance being either a continual ascent, or a continualdescent. Three hundred pack-horses or mules, cross themountain weekly, for a portion of the liie Duviis Biid|e. The cantons of Uri and Tessino, in which the Avholeof this pass lies, have partly (this was in the year 1828,) L 218 THE devils bridge. completed an excellent carriage-road, with the hope ofattracting some of those who are distributing their moneyso freely in the country, and of making their commercialcommunications more perfect. The plan comprises notonly a new road, but a new bridge in this gorge; andmen, slung in ropes, were then at work blasting rocksabove the present road and bridge, with this new bridge is to be both longer and safer than thepresent. The present, or old bridge, it may herebe added, consists, as the figure Avill show, of a singlearch. Of this arch, the span is eighty feet; and thebridge stands at about seventy-five feet above the bottomof that fall of the Reuss over which it is carried. Without noticing every track, let us now proceed tothe Brenner. The road which leads from Germany into Italy by thepass of Mount Brenner, is the low
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