Talk:Waco Suspension Bridge

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I noticed SamuelWantmans recent fixes to the article and I wanted to thank him. I get my numbers mixed up and had assumed feet instead of meters when calculating length of bridges.. Thanks again SamuelWantman.. glad you have an eye for these sorts of things!

--Aika 16:46, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

I want to dispute the comment made within the article that declares the bridge was one of the longest suspension bridges at the time of completion. The Wheeling Suspension Bridge was completed in in 1849 and is 1,010 feet long (more than twice as long). That particular bridge was the longest in the world, at a much earlier date (feel free to look it up, I don't know how to insert a hyperlink). I've been to this bridge and can understand that confusion can arise on this point, as there is a plaque on the bridge that declares it as having been the longest suspension bridge in the world at time of completion, but I'm going to have to chalk this up to either Texan bravado or (more likely) incomplete information. I'm not totally comfortable making the edits myself, but I wanted to at least point the facts out so that someone who IS more comfortable with editing could do so in an informed manner.144.45.4.27 (talk) 20:51, 26 March 2008 (UTC)