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.
The tallest bridge would be the I-278 crossing of the Verrazano Narrows in New York City -- the Verrazano Narows bridge. The double-decked span opened in 1964 and connects the borouhs of Staten Island and Brooklyn. It has a span of 4,260 feet and rises 224 feet above the water.