. Cassier's magazine . APPROACH OF THE PONTE SANTA MARIA, RIO GRANDE RAILWAY THE RAILWAYS OF BRAZIL 31. 32 CASSIERS MAGAZINE i^mbBB Bin , , -,#;•«•■ -, tlV^H I ~~. .-rA. r v ....< 1 \ V ^S^ ^ggH| PHHHHHMP*^ -!;; Sfag- £;• . -- . (J [«.«»_ . *— r~^~ ~—— CONSTRUCTION OF THE PONTE TAQUARY avoid damming up the river duringthe floods. Immediately beyond Montenegrothe line crosses the Cahy on a bridgecomprising one 264-foot and two132-foot spans. There are five otherbridges, of 176 feet each, across thethalweg of this valley, bringing thetotal up to 1,408 feet of bridgingon a length of 6,600 feet
. Cassier's magazine . APPROACH OF THE PONTE SANTA MARIA, RIO GRANDE RAILWAY THE RAILWAYS OF BRAZIL 31. 32 CASSIERS MAGAZINE i^mbBB Bin , , -,#;•«•■ -, tlV^H I ~~. .-rA. r v ....< 1 \ V ^S^ ^ggH| PHHHHHMP*^ -!;; Sfag- £;• . -- . (J [«.«»_ . *— r~^~ ~—— CONSTRUCTION OF THE PONTE TAQUARY avoid damming up the river duringthe floods. Immediately beyond Montenegrothe line crosses the Cahy on a bridgecomprising one 264-foot and two132-foot spans. There are five otherbridges, of 176 feet each, across thethalweg of this valley, bringing thetotal up to 1,408 feet of bridgingon a length of 6,600 feet of line. b) The Caxias line. This line was projected, and, infact, begun, by the State through aland rich in Italian colonies and theirproducts, so as to bring down trafficthat would run over its metals fromMontenegro to Porto Alegre. It isan interesting line, scaling the Serrado Mar in the most beautiful por-tion of the State. There is an almostcontinuous grade of 1 in 45, thoughthe line has been artificially increasedto double its length. The distancefrom Marata to Barao by ra
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