mainspan

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noun

The length of suspended roadway between the towers of a bridge.

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Meanings

nounmainspan (plural mainspans)

plural mainspans

  1. The length of suspended roadway between the towers of a bridge.

    The bridge has a cable-stayed mainspan.

    2007 August 7, William J. Broad, “From Fresh Ideas and Better Steel, Safer Bridges”, in New York Times

Origin

From main + span.

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APA

mainspan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mainspan

MLA

“mainspan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mainspan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mainspan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mainspan.

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