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bowstring bridge

bowstring bridge noun: a tied-arch bridge, which has an upper arch tied to the bridge deck below.

bowstring bridge: a tied-arch bridge, which has an upper arch tied to the bridge deck below
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Noun

bowstring bridge (plural bowstring bridges)

  1. A tied-arch bridge, which has an upper arch tied to the bridge deck below.
    • The last crossing, immediately short of Keswick station, is an inverted bowstring girder bridge with a skew span of 120ft.1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601
    • On leaving the station, the line uses a new 'Bowstring' bridge to cross the actual Shoreditch High Street and join the old NLR viaducts to head north to Dalston.2020 May 20, Paul Bigland, “East London Line's renaissance”, in Rail, page 47

Forms of bowstring bridge

pluralbowstring bridges

Questions about bowstring bridge

What does bowstring bridge mean?
Bowstring bridge means a tied-arch bridge, which has an upper arch tied to the bridge deck below.
What part of speech is bowstring bridge?
Bowstring bridge is a noun.
What is the plural of bowstring bridge?
The plural of bowstring bridge is bowstring bridges.

Words near bowstring bridge in the dictionary

  1. bowstave
  2. bowstaves
  3. bowster
  4. bowsters
  5. bowstring
  6. bowstring bridge
  7. bowstring bridges
  8. bowstring hemp
  9. bowstring knot
  10. bowstring knots
  11. bowstringed

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