Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1913 — To Build Longest Bridge. [ARTICLE]

To Build Longest Bridge.

It seems probable that next year a commencement will be made with the construction of the railway bridge between Rugen (Germany) and the mainland, which will be the* longest in the world, exceeding even that over Hohangho, with its 3,580 yards. The cost of this great engineering work is, however, not expected to amount to more than $5,000,000, or less than a third of that of the Forth bridge. It would appear to be rather the success of the train ferry from Sassnitz 4P Trelleborg, in Sweden, than the ever-increasing- popularity of Rugen as a holiday resort, which has led to the projecting of the contemplated viaduct. Originally it was estimated that the number of railway passengers to or across the island would reach 100,000 only in 1915, but so popular has the route proved that this figure was almost attained last year. When the bridge, which, it is said, is to include a track for pedestrians, though none for road traffic, is completed, it will substantially shorten the journeys between Berlin and Hamburg, on the one hand, and Stockholm and Christiania on the other.