Examples. 1  The fellahin were the real Egyptians: Arabic-speaking peasants, traditional farmers whose precarious methodsâthe waterwheel powered by a cow or donkey, irrigation through the annual Nile floodâhad changed little since pharaonic times. Three Empires on the Nile.
The Matlacha Bridge (pronounced Mat-La-Shay) is a small single-leaf drawbridge located in Matlacha, Florida. It carries County Road 78 (Pine Island Road) over Matlacha Pass, connecting Pine Island with the mainland in Cape Coral.he current span is 9 feet tall, similar to its predecessor. After its demolition, the previous bridge (the one built in 1968) will be made into an artificial reef at Novak's reef, which is about 3 miles off the coast of Charlotte County.
World's longest cantilever bridges (by longest span): 1  Quebec Bridge (Quebec, Canada, 1917) 1,800 feet (549 m) 2  Forth Bridge (Firth of Forth, Scotland, 1890) 2 x 1,710 feet (521 m) 3  Minato Bridge (Osaka, Japan, 1973) 1,673 feet (510 m) 4  Commodore Barry Bridge (Chester, Pennsylvania, USA, 1974) 1,644 feet (501 m)