transporter bridge

noun

A type of movable bridge that carries a segment of suspended roadway across a river.

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Meanings

nountransporter bridge (plural transporter bridges)

plural transporter bridges

  1. A type of movable bridge that carries a segment of suspended roadway across a river.

    The most striking feature at Runcorn is the well-known transporter bridge, a suspended car which carries road traffic across both the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal.

    1959 October, Norman Jones, “The Manchester Ship Canal Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 490

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ferry bridge

Translations

German Schwebefähre
  • SchwebefähreTranslations
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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