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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Bridges completed in 1840, Bridges completed in 1841, Bridges completed in 1842, Bridges completed in 1843, Bridges completed in 1844, Bridges completed in 1845, Bridges completed in 1846, Bridges completed in 1847, Bridges completed in 1848, Bridges completed in 1849, Bitzer's Mill Covered Bridge, Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge, Zook's Mill Covered Bridge, Shearer's Covered Bridge, White Rock Forge Covered Bridge, Herr's Mill Covered Bridge, Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, Eglinton Tournament Bridge, High Level Bridge, Mont Clare Bridge, Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges, High Bridge, Aqueduct Bridge, Spring Garden Street Bridge, Novo-kamenniy bridge, Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Bridge, Chain Bridge, Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct, Rockville Bridge, Amtrak/Springfield Terminal Railroad Bridge, Chaudiere Bridge, Anichkov Bridge, Erb's Covered Bridge, Walton Bridge, Starrucca Viaduct, Perrine's Bridge, Lockington Covered Bridge, Barnes Railway Bridge, Richmond Railway Bridge, Windsor Railway Bridge, Pevchesky Bridge, Gold Brook Covered Bridge, Outwood Viaduct, Upper Black Eddy - Milford Bridge, Agen aqueduct, Conwy Railway Bridge, Burt Henry Covered Bridge, Barentin Viaduct, Bridge 8, Erie Canal, Triple Bridge, Bull's Bridge, Trowse Bridge, Stone Arch Bridge, Clifton Viaduct, Erskine Covered Bridge, Great Western Railway Usk bridge, Kreidersville Covered Bridge, Queen's Bridge. Excerpt: The Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge was the world's first working railway suspension bridge. It spanned 825 feet (251 m) and stood 2.5 miles (4.0 km) downstream of Niagara Falls from 1855 to 1897. Connecting Niagara Falls, Ontario to Niagara Falls, New York (the two cities assimilated the towns at the ends of the bridge by 1892), the bridge carried mixed traffic on its two decks across the Niagara River; trains crossed over the r...