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transporter bridge

noun

transporter bridge

noun
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:

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