WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY, THE WINDOW OF MY BEDROOMlooked out on New York’s East River, and my view was framed by three of America’s great bridges. Downriver to my right was the awesome Queensboro Bridge; to my left were the Triborough and the Hell Gate. On winter afternoons, the ...
Mr. LINVILLEinaugurated the era of long-span bridges in America with a channel span of 320 ft. in the Steubenville bridge over the Ohio river, built between 1863-64. Mr. FINKfollowed in 1868-70 with the Louisville bridge, with two main spans of 360 and 390 ft. In 1870 Mr. LINVILLEp...