Giant Cantilever bridge which spans St Lawrence River at Quebec. The great cetner span, 640 feet long and weighing 5,600 tons, is being hposted into place to complete the structure. It was a similar span which fell in 1916, carrying 90 men to death. The completed bridge is the largest of its type in the world, It cost $16,876,000, is 3,239 feet long, 88 feet wide, and 163 feet high from the base of rail to high water level. It carries two railroad tracks, a driveway for vehicles, and two concrete foot paths.

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