Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1896 — Bridge of Pink Marble. [ARTICLE]

Bridge of Pink Marble.

A thing of beauty and a joy forever; will be the colossal bridge of pink mar-, ble over the Tennessee River at Knox} ville. It will cost $1,000,000, and will' be built entirely of the famous pink marble which abounds in Knox County. It will be 1,600 feet long, and tho span of the main arch will be 240 feet, 1 which is said to be twenty feet longer than the longest span In-the world.* The height of the center arch above the water will be 105 feet. The roadwayj will be fifty feet in width. The piers of the bridge will all go to the solid roeki The parapet walls will be constructed of sawed marble slabs, with blocks of pilasters every fifteen feet, projecting above the wall proper, thus giving a semi-castellated effect. ■