pontoon bridge

noun

A temporary bridge built over floating pontoons.

Similar
bateau bridgefloating bridge
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Meanings

nounpontoon bridge (plural pontoon bridges)

plural pontoon bridges

  1. A temporary bridge built over floating pontoons.

    As Hiro is entering their neighborhood, he sees men running down the undulating pontoon bridge that serves as the main street, carrying guns and knives.

    1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 385

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons

Similar
bateau bridgefloating bridge
Broader
bridgespan
Also see
floating bridgepontoon

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic جِسْر عَائِم
  • جِسْر عَائِم (jisr ʕāʔim)a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Bulgarian понто́нен мост
  • понто́нен мост (pontónen most)a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Chinese Mandarin 浮橋 /浮桥, 舟橋 /舟桥
  • 浮橋 /浮桥 (fúqiáo)a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • 舟橋 /舟桥 (zhōuqiáo)a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Czech pontonový most
  • pontonový mosta temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Danish pontonbro
  • pontonbroa temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Dutch pontonbrug
  • pontonbruga temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Estonian ujuksild, pontoonsild
  • ujuksilda temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • pontoonsilda temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Finnish ponttoonisilta
  • ponttoonisiltaa temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
French pont flottant
  • pont flottanta temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
German Pontonbrücke
  • Pontonbrückea temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Hungarian hajóhíd
  • hajóhída temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Icelandic flotbrú
  • flotbrúa temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Irish droichead pontúin
  • droichead pontúina temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Italian ponte di barche
  • ponte di barchea temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Japanese 舟橋, 浮き橋
  • 舟橋a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • 浮き橋 (ukihashi)a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Korean 부교, 배다리
  • 부교 (bugyo)a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • 배다리 (baedari)a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • 부잔교 (bujan'gyo)a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Latvian pontonu tilts
  • pontonu tiltsa temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Lithuanian pontoninis tiltas
  • pontoninis tiltasa temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Norwegian Bokmål flytebro
  • flytebroa temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Persian پل شناور, پل پانتونی
  • پل شناور (pol-e šenâvar)a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • پل پانتونی (pol-e pântoni)a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Polish most pontonowy
  • most pontonowya temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Romanian pod de pontoane
  • pod de pontoanea temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Russian понто́нный мост
  • понто́нный мост (pontónnyj most)a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Slovak pontónový most
  • pontónový mosta temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Spanish puente de barcas
  • puente de barcasa temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Swedish pontonbro
  • pontonbroa temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Turkish duba köprü
  • duba köprüa temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Ukrainian понто́нний міст, наплавни́й міст
  • понто́нний міст (pontónnyj mist)a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • наплавни́й міст (naplavnýj mist)a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Vietnamese cầu phao
  • cầu phaoa temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
Cite this entry
APA

pontoon bridge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pontoon%20bridge

MLA

“pontoon bridge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pontoon%20bridge. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pontoon bridge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pontoon%20bridge.

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