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trestle bridge en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A bridge supported on a system of trestles.
    • A timber trestle bridge was used in this instance because the boggy peat soil offered only a poor foundation. The piles extend 25 ft. below the surface of the ground. 1957 January 14, “Notes and News: A Trestle Bridge in the Highlands”, in Railway Magazine, page 65:
    • Just beyond Base Station, the Ammonoosuc River is crossed on a simple trestle bridge. 1954 November, Robert F. Legget, “The Mount Washington Cog Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 790:

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Coordinates

lattice bridge · truss bridge