Widening and strengthening the existing bridge and flood mitigation.
In the early 1900s, while he was working on a revision of Triumphant Democracy that would have brought him a renewed flood of royalties, Bridge got word that Carnegie, still stinging from a series of rebukes from labor, would not permit a reissue of the book.
Edi said the bridge collapsed during Saturday's big flood when wood and bamboo hit the suspension bridge's pillar.
At the height of the flood, engineers feared a bridge on the Pawtuxet was going to collapse, taking with it a nearby dam, which in turn could have taken out another dam.
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Wind-whipped whitecaps curled over the top of the flood walls near the Claiborne Avenue railroad bridge while others poured across the levee in the Gentilly neighborhood, north of downtown.
Other flood warnings included the River Soar at Zouch, Kegworth Bridge and Redhill.
Work on the bridge started in July after it was damaged by flood water.
Two flood warnings for the River Teme at Bransford in Worcestershire and Stanford Bridge in Herefordshire have been lifted.
Emergency flood barriers were installed on Osney Island, Oxford on Thursday while the Loddon Bridge Park and Ride site in Wokingham is closed.
Several flood warnings remain in place along the Severn, including a new one at Montford Bridge and Shrawardine.
Meanwhile, the Greta road bridge in Keswick, which was closed last week for checks following the flood waters, has now been reopened.
Other work includes new flood walls and embankments in the city centre and the level of some sections of road at North Bridge has also been slightly raised.
Shropshire Council said the central pier of the Donkey Bridge in New England, near Highley, has been "badly damaged" by debris carried by flood water.
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