Its features included a double track for trolley cars and room for carriages and pedestrians.

[4] The protection around the abutments held for about another forty years, until January 27, 1938, when the bridge collapsed.

[4] Final collapse occurred at 4:20 pm, before thousands of onlookers who had come to watch the bridge go.

Demolition of what was left of the bridge took place from February to April 1938 when all of the pieces were either removed or had sunk.

[5] Construction of a replacement bridge was undertaken shortly thereafter, this time with the abutments much higher off the river.