lifting span

noun

A span of a bridge that can be raised to allow boats and ships through; these can have different forms.

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Meanings

nounlifting span (plural lifting spans)

plural lifting spans

  1. A span of a bridge that can be raised to allow boats and ships through; these can have different forms.

    The vertical lifting span is raised on four reinforced concrete piers which are some 130 ft. high. […] The lifting span, which rises vertically between the towers, weighs 465 tons and is counterweighted by four 110-ton weights.

    1960 June 29, “New Lifting Bridge at Kings Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 388
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