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bridge strike en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. An instance of a vehicle or ship colliding with a bridge; most strikes by vehicles are by those which are too high to pass under a low overbridge.
    • Transport for London is providing detailed information on height restrictions on tunnels and bridges in the capital, in a bid to reduce the number of bridge strikes. [...] TfL is affected by at least two bridge strikes a month. 2019 October 23, “Network News: TfL addresses bridge strikes”, in RAIL, number 890, page 18:

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