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THE MEXAI BRIDGE. 



PART VIII. 



operations being of the same kind as those connected 

 with the larger structure above described, though of a 

 much less difficult character, it is unnecessary to enter 

 into any details as to the several stages of its construc- 

 tion. In this bridge the width between the centres of 

 the supporting towers is 327 feet, and the height of the 

 under side of the roadway above high water of spring 

 tides only 15 feet. The heaviest work was an embank- 

 ment at its eastern approach, 2015 feet in length and 

 about 300 feet in width at its highest part. 





CONWAY SUSPENSION BRIDGE. 

 [By Percival Skelton, after his original Drawing 



