. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . be S The Architect and Engineer 77. 78 The Architect and Engineer entirely into at two points. Tlie expansion joints are on the outer ends ofthe portion consisting of the three central towers with their two con-necting girder spans, and can be seen by a close inspection of the accomp-anying photograph. This facilitated construction, also, as it enabled thecontractor to erect and complete this central portion of the britlge, removea portion of the forms from the same and use them in turn on the west andeast sections, which consist
. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . be S The Architect and Engineer 77. 78 The Architect and Engineer entirely into at two points. Tlie expansion joints are on the outer ends ofthe portion consisting of the three central towers with their two con-necting girder spans, and can be seen by a close inspection of the accomp-anying photograph. This facilitated construction, also, as it enabled thecontractor to erect and complete this central portion of the britlge, removea portion of the forms from the same and use them in turn on the west andeast sections, which consist of a single tower and two girder spans. The whole structure was given a pebble dash finish of cement on theoutside and the sidewalks were trowelled smooth and blocked off. Aneight inch cement curb, with angle guard, separates the roadway fromthe sidewalks and galvanized iron conduits are set in this curb at statedintervals, so as to effectively drain both. The roadway was given a twoinch asphalt wearing surface. It will readily be seen from the above and from a study of the photo-graphs reprodu
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