Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1917 — CURIOUS BRIDGE ON BORDER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CURIOUS BRIDGE ON BORDER

Queer Ramshackle Trestle, Built as Substitute for Structure Washed Away by Floods. Crossing the boundary line between the United States and Mexico, at Tia Juana, there is a queer ramshackle bridge, built as a temporary substitute for a structure that was washed away by the floods a year ago. It bridges an arroyo and is simply a double trestle, with open space in the center, but serves all kinds of traffic, including

the trains of a Mexican railroad, automobiles, pedestrians, horsemen, and even herds of cattle and flocks of sheep. Each trestle carries one of the rails of thb railroad track, the construction being such that trains and automobiles straddle the open space when crossing, and all other traffic must get off the bridge. The structure is 400 feet long and has a safety platform for pedestrians built out on each side near the center.—Popular Mechanics. •

Unique Mexican Bridge.