Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1917 — Highest Bridge in America. [ARTICLE]

Highest Bridge in America.

The highest bridge In America is the Pacific railroad bridge over the Rio Grande river,. 26 .miles west of San Jose, in Costa Rica. The base of the rails is 340 feet above the surface of the—water nniLthe main span of the arch is 448 feet B’4 inches. There are six higher bridges in the world, the highest one heing at St. Glustina via-, duct, which crosses the Noce Sehlucht 1 n southern Tyrol at_an. elevation _of_4s3 feet. This is a highway bridge; but the next one in order is a railroad bridge known as the Fades' viaduct, which crosses the valley of the Sioule river, near Vguriat. France. The base of the rails is nearly 435 feet above the bed of the stream.