THE GREAT ZAMBESI BRIDGE.
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE VICTORIA FALLS AND GORGE.
that at the centre the bridge is 15 feet deep.
The vertical girders have an upward taper,
or “ batter,” of 1 foot in 8 ; and the booms
of the arc approach one another towards the
centre of the bridge, so that the distance
between them diminishes from 53 feet 9 inches
at the main bearings to 27| feet at the crown.
This gives sufficient room for a roadway, 30
feet broad between the parapets, designed to
carry two tracks of rails.
ASSEMBLING THE LARGEST PANELS OF THE BRIDGE IN THE SHOPS BEFORE SHIPMENT.
{Photo, The Cleveland Bridge Company.)