Dubuque's Big Bridge

Dubuque, Ia., Nov. 30.- The high level bridge across the Mississippi river at this place was formally dedicated and opened yesterday. A very large military, civic and trades display was made. The bridge ia the only one over the Father of Waters between St Paul and Davenport high enough for steamers to pass beneath. The day was given up to rejoicing. [The total length of the bridge is 2,800 feet. The mam bridge is supported by se ven piers of solid masonry, resting on piles. The superstructura is of iron, having an eighteenioot roadway and flve-foot walks on either side for pcdestrians. West of the channel there are four spans, Leach 205 feet in leimth and one of 248 feet. The grade of these spans and of the 2J8-foot span east of the channel is four feet for every hundred. The cantalever span is 363 feet in length, the center of whieh is 55 feet above high-water and nearly 80 feet above low-water mark. The bridge is 73 feet south of the railroad bridge. The cost was 1127,800.]