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 floor of the bridge will be 120 feet wide over all; the center span will be 1,470 feet from center to center of the towers, and each land span will be 725 feet in length. The two steel towers will be 400 feet above high water.