Question

Refer to Where Is Niagara Falls? for a complete version of this text.

Chapter 3 provides information about the history of bridges at Niagara Falls.

Which details from the text best support the inference that the conditions at Niagara Falls make maintaining bridges there very difficult?

Select the two correct answers.


People had to pay to cross the bridges to Goat Island.

Strong winds and storms often damaged the bridges.

People could be fined for marching on John Roebling's bridge.

Bridges sometimes fell after ice on the river rams their supports.

Answer 1

b) Strong winds and storms often damaged the bridges.

d) Bridges sometimes fell after ice on the river rams their supports.

Step-by-step explanation:

Ice Bridge Crash in 1912-02-04

By noon, 35 people were on the "ice bridge" spanning the Niagara River below the Falls. This wide, dense ice bridge allowed travelers to cross the Niagara River from Canada to the United States without having to use the international bridges downstream. A tremor abruptly hit the bridge. A thunderous groan at the foot of the falls rendered the distant roar faint. The grinding noises caused the ice bridge to heave and fall apart. Some lives were tragically lost after the Ice fell and rammed into the supports of the bridge.