Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1916 — Novel Railroad Bridge. [ARTICLE]

Novel Railroad Bridge.

A bridge that is to be built for the Holland government railroad over the Serajoe river in Java has been made complete in the shops,4n Holland and so carefully has this been done that no field work will be required in erecting the steel structure other than that bf connecting the members, says Popular Mechanics. The bridge site is far from any kind of shop facilities, and to make sure that the structure would go together properly it was first erected as carefully as if on its permanent location, in the yards of the manufacturing company in Holland. Following this it was taken down and is to be shipped by steamer to Java. The bridge is of unusual design, cpnsisting of three arched spans of steel connecting with short* straight trusses over the piers. It has a total length of 608 feet 10 inches and weighs 580 tons. It is designed to carry a single track railroad having a gauge of three and one-half feet.