The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-06
WANT NEW NAME
FOR NEW BRIDGE
Public Already Asking What
Will Take Place of Mayo
Work Under Way.

Although work on the southern end
of the old Mayo Bridge will not be-
gin for some time, residents of this
ward are much interested in the struc-
ture. ana are watching the work with
an eye to the business which il will
bring to South Richmond IL, the fu-
ture. The Waterman at the southern
end of the structure is having much
trouble in Keeping pedestrians or
many insisting upon walking across
from the Hull street end to the point
on the northern end where work is
going on.
Yesterday tne question came up as
to what the new bridge would be
named when completed. the general
idca seeming TO be that the present
name would not be retained. but that
ssome historical name would be substi-
tuted The bridge is now called by
the contractors the Mayo tFree)
Bridge, for want of better title.
Work Well Under Way.
At present the work is progressing
rapidly, and there is every prospect
that by July of next year. the time
specified in the contract for its COM
pletion. Richalond and South Richmond
Will be connected by one of the best
bridges in the State. The process of
construction was explained yesterday
n.
building divides itself naturally into
two parts. the tearing down of the
old bridge. much harder task than
the casual observer would Imagine
and the building of the new structure
The northern extremity. reaching from
the Richmond side to the Mayo
Island. will he completely built before
the southern division extending from
the island to South Richmond, is torn
II
TRANSPORT the heavier material arriv-
ine by car at the South Richmond end
directly across the old section to the
place deSir at the northern end. The
sixty workmcn employed a present
have already torn down one pier and
three spans at the northern end and
concretinG will begin at this point
during the early part OF next week.
The total length of the new bridge
when completed will be l.72l feet. di-
vided into the north and the south
divisions, extending from Fourteenth
Street in Richmond to Hull Street in
South Richmond The northern sec
ton Will have seven arches and the
southern section Will be composed OF
eleven arches each arch having a clear
span of seventy-one feet. The north
ern section OF 5S3 feet will be joined
TO the southern section of SAL feet by
an cdI H-ilieu enlpdnhment or SiI
feet across Mayo's Island. There will
be splendid approaches to each section
from the island.
Handsome Structure
The structure in construction will
be one of which any Richmonder NAV
well be proud. Concrete, either rein
forced or plain, will be used through
out. making a strong structure to en-
dure for great length of time. The
roadbed Will he forty-four feet wide
with foot passage on each side
eight feet in width, making a total
Width of sixty feet, and allowing am
pie space for two car tracks and wae-
on road. Between the tops of the
piers and arches and the bottoms of
the roadbed Will be filling Of earth
and sand. which will form a perfect
cushion and allow for the give OF the
bridge The electric light poles at the
sides of the roadbed Will also serve
the purpose of trolley poles In fact
the Sreateft economy of space Is pro-
Vided for consistent with strength
Charles E. Boiling. the City En-
Gineer Is in charge OF the construc
ton. The resident engineer is G p
Bowers The working plans for the
bridge We're made by the Concrete
Steel and Engineering Company. of
NV York. and were passed upon by tho
board of engineers and approved nv
the Council The bridge will have an
average clearance OF the water Of
twenty feet
Meanwhile residents of South Rich
mond are asking what the name Of
the bridge is to be