Bridge
Meanings and phrases
bridge
- a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.; span
- a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected; bridge circuit
- something resembling a bridge in form or function
- the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose
- any of various card games based on whist for four players
- a wooden support that holds the strings up
- a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth; bridgework
- the link between two lenses; rests on the nose; nosepiece
- an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands; bridge deck
bridge
- connect or reduce the distance between; bridge over
- make a bridge across
- cross over on a bridge
Angostura Bridge
- a suspension bridge across the Orinoco River at Ciudad Bolivar
Bailey bridge
- a temporary bridge designed for rapid construction
Baton Rouge Bridge
- a cantilever bridge across the Mississippi at Baton Rouge
Bayonne Bridge
- a steel arch bridge connecting New Jersey and Staten Island at Bayonne, New Jersey
Benjamin Franklin Bridge
- a suspension bridge across the Delaware River
Bosporus Bridge
- a suspension bridge across the Bosporus at Istanbul
Bronx-Whitestone Bridge
- a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City
Brooklyn Bridge
- a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City; opened in 1883
Commodore John Barry Bridge
- a cantilever bridge in Chester, Pennsylvania
Delaware Memorial Bridge
- a suspension bridge across the Delaware River
George Washington Bridge
- a suspension bridge across the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey
Golden Gate Bridge
- a suspension bridge across the Golden Gate
Greater New Orleans Bridge
- twin cantilever bridges across the Mississippi at New Orleans
Humber Bridge
- a suspension bridge at Hull, England; 4,626 feet long
Kammon Strait Bridge
- a suspension bridge between Kyushu and Honshu
Mackinac Bridge
- a suspension bridge across the channel between the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan
Minato Ohashi Bridge
- cantilever bridge at Osaka, Japan
New River Gorge Bridge
- a steel arch bridge across New River at Fayetteville, West Virginia
Pierre Laporte Bridge
- a suspension bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at Quebec
Quebec Bridge
- a cantilever bridge in Quebec
Queensboro Bridge
- a cantilever bridge across the East River between Manhattan and Queens
Sydney Harbor Bridge
- a steel arch bridge in Sydney, Australia
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
- a suspension bridge across Puget Sound at Tacoma
Tappan Zee Bridge
- a cantilever bridge across the Hudson River
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
- a suspension bridge across the Verrazano Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island
Walt Whitman Bridge
- a suspension bridge across the Delaware River
Wheatstone bridge
- a bridge used to measure resistances
n.
- a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge; auction
bateau bridge
- a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons; pontoon bridge; floating bridge
n.
- an operative who acts as a courier or go-between from a case officer to a secret agent in a hostile area
n.
- a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected; bridge
n.
- an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands; bridge
- Above these was the bridge deck with parapets.
- 11 truss and the bridge deck.
- Hydraulic pillars under the bridge raise the bridge deck to allow barge traffic to pass beneath it.
v.
- connect or reduce the distance between; bridge
- suffice for a period between two points; tide over; keep going
n.
- a card player in a game of bridge; hand
- He was also a nationally renowned tournament bridge player.
- Cédric Lorenzini Cédric Lorenzini is a French bridge player.
- Mike Bell (bridge) Mike Bell (born 1984) is an English bridge player.
n.
- a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid; contract
- The Spingold is a knock-out team event that attracts the top contract bridge players in the world.
- List of contract bridge governing bodies Note: member numbers as at 19 Dec 2016 (source: WBF website)
- Bridge Magazine Bridge Magazine is a British monthly magazine devoted to the game of contract bridge.
n.
- a bridge whose passageway is protected by a roof and enclosing sides
- The one-lane covered bridge was built in 1878.
- It is the largest single-span covered bridge in Pennsylvania.
- Its mouth is located in the Southeast to the height of a covered bridge.
n.
- a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons; pontoon bridge; bateau bridge
- This is called a "floating bridge".
- After 53 years of service, it was replaced by a new floating bridge at the same site in 2016.
- Dynamic Vibrato units may be recognized by the integrated floating bridge and the stamps "Fender" and "DYNAMIC VIBRATO".
n.
- the highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house; flying bridge; flybridge; monkey bridge
n.
- the highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house; flybridge; fly bridge; monkey bridge
n.
- an extendible bridge for loading passengers onto large commercial airplanes; provides protected access to the plane from the gate
n.
- a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it; drawbridge
- The high-level bridge was preferred to a low-level lift bridge.
- One other bridge spanned the C & D Canal before the lift bridge.
- A new four-lane lift bridge was completed in stages from 1975 to 1982.
n.
- the highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house; flying bridge; flybridge; fly bridge
- a high narrow platform above a deck or in an engine room or boiler room
n.
- a bridge designed for pedestrians; footbridge; overcrossing
- In 1869, the "Eiserner Steg", a pedestrian bridge, followed.
- The pedestrian bridge was another mitigating concession promised.
- The trail also crosses the Swift River with a wooden pedestrian bridge.
n.
- a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons; bateau bridge; floating bridge
- They recommended choosing the pontoon bridge.
- The club is based on two small islands connected by a pontoon bridge.
- Instead, they recommended that the municipalities chose a pontoon bridge.
n.
- a bridge that has a roadway supported by cables that are anchored at both ends
- It was a suspension bridge with a more or less level deck.
- Other suspension bridge towers carry transmission antennas.
- Today it is the 27th largest suspension bridge in the world.
n.
- a bridge where toll is charged for crossing
- The Mark Twain Bridge was initially a toll bridge.
- Constructed in 1955, it was initially a toll bridge.
- The toll bridge carries 29 million vehicles annually.
n.
- a bridge supported by trusses
- There is also a 1908 Warren pony truss bridge.
- The truss bridge was demolished in March 1984.
- It is a multiple span, metal truss bridge.
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- The new bridge opened to traffic on 23 February 2015.
- The new bridge was opened to traffic in December 2012.
- After a relatively short life a new bridge was needed.
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- By1855 it built its own bridge across the Passaic.
- It was the first bridge across the Yangtze River.
- The first bridge across the creek was opened in 1926.
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- The bridge was built south of the original bridge.
- The bridge was built in 1894 at a cost of $2,691.
- In 1814 a covered wooden toll bridge was built there.
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- Shōun is considered a bridge between ukiyo-e and shin-hanga.
- He became the bridge between the American Baptist Missionary E.W.
- The series serves as a bridge between the first film and its 2014 sequel.
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- Easterbrook then escaped over the railway bridge.
- At the time it was the longest railway bridge in the world.
- A railway bridge near Nangal Pathani also crosses the river.
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- It covers the west approach to the Wreigh Burn road bridge.
- In 1994 the station was resited to remove a low road bridge.
- Designing a road bridge over the Boyne was not an easy task.
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- It was newly built in 1950 as a stone arch bridge.
- It is a single-span concrete deck arch bridge.
- The bridge is a concrete, barrel vaulted deck arch bridge.
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- The first wooden bridge was demolished soon afterward.
- At least one old wooden bridge over a creek still stands.
- Towards the right end they pass over a curved wooden bridge.
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- Schleck chased hard, but had no other riders to help bridge the gap.
- They aim to bridge the gap between land and community through public markets.
- The M2 attempted to bridge the gap between the 81 mm mortar and the hand grenade.
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- It was the first bridge across the Yangtze River.
- The first bridge at this site was built in 1872.
- The first bridge across the creek was opened in 1926.
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- A stone bridge over the river at Rorbas was built in 1840.
- This was a stone bridge of eleven arches.
- The present-day stone bridge was built between 1874 and 1876.
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- Destruction of railroad bridge over Chickahominy June 27.
- The first vehicle bridge was converted from a railroad bridge constructed in 1873.
- Heth's men returned to the New River to continue protecting the vital railroad bridge.
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- The piers of the old bridge still stand in the river.
- In 1845 the old bridge, originally made ?
- Soon the line passes over County Road on a rather old bridge.
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- It replaced an aging swing bridge built in 1877.
- The swing bridge was delicately balanced.
- This is a swing bridge which has a clearance of LWD when closed.
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- It replaced an aging swing bridge built in 1877.
- It replaced the two-lane bridge built in 1925.
- The Warnke Bridge was the last bridge built by Sherman.
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- The bridge was constructed above the original river.
- The original bridge was constructed in 1929–31.
- The -long and -wide bridge was constructed in ashlar.
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- There is also a Romanesque bridge crossing the same river.
- A bridge crossing the Passaic was built some time earlier at Acquackanonk about 4 miles to the north.
- The abstract enamel mural "Tempo" by Gordon Rayner is on the mezzanine-level bridge crossing the tracks.
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- A bridge carrying this road was widened, and carries the name Alan Turing Bridge.
- The bridge carrying Sandgate Road over the lines had to modified to allow for the additional lines.
- In 2016, the bridge carrying I-182 over the Yakima River carried an average of 54,000 vehicles a day.
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- These were then hauled north across the bridge into Proctor.
- The free Stanford Marguerite Shuttle also runs buses AE-F and EB across the bridge.
- Nelson finally manages to drive his car across the bridge which had previously blocked him.
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- The new bridge opened to traffic on 23 February 2015.
- The bridge opened to passenger traffic in 2004.
- The first bridge opened in 2011 and spanned Bridges Road.
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- The bridge was built south of the original bridge.
- The original bridge was constructed in 1929–31.
- The original bridge, erected in 1881, was replaced in 2006.
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- Construction of the bridge was completed in 1971.
- The bridge was completed the next year for $266,564.
- The bridge was completed in 1849 for about $250,000.
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- It is connected to the beach by a man made land bridge.
- During the Eocene period, the last land bridge across the Atlantic sank.
- "South Lake Lida" is located directly south of the main lake, separated only by a land bridge.
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- Namhangdaegyo Namhangdaegyo (남항대교) is a girder bridge in Busan.
- At this point the River Bure is crossed by the Bure Valley Railway on a long girder bridge.
- At the crossing of the Fox River in Waukesha a plate girder bridge 50 feet long was erected.
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- This was replaced by a concrete bridge in 1952.
- A 2-lane concrete bridge over Myall River was completed in 1969.
- It is a prestressed concrete bridge of 584 m, which rest on 8 columns.
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- With a total length of , it remains the longest bridge spanning a body of seawater in the Philippines.
- Verige bridge spanning the Bay of Kotor and part of the Adriatic Highway is planned to be built in the future.
- Dafosi Bridge The Dafosi Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge spanning over the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China.
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- The company also owns a rail bridge over the river.
- Imbaba had no rail bridge across the Nile to Cairo until 1891.
- The grade separated crossing will be on a long, high rail bridge.
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- The bridge located in Lanzhou, Gansu.
- The Ferry Bridge is a lift bridge and is the next bridge located from the south entrance of the channel.
- Qingchuan Bridge The Qingchuan Bridge () is an arch bridge located in Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
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- The bridge was opened to traffic on July 14, 1982.
- The newly constructed bridge was opened in 2018.
- The Kjøllsæter bridge was opened 17 August 2006.
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- It is a two-span arch bridge connecting K-92 and Missouri Route 92.
- There only bridge connecting Austra to the mainland runs through Valen.
- The Chapel has a mini pond and a small bridge connecting into the main hallway.
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- A Mauryan bridge near Girnar was surveyed by James Princep.
- A railway bridge near Nangal Pathani also crosses the river.
- Troops led personally by Mobutu secured a strategic bridge near the town of Kamanyola.
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- The rapid pace of bridge construction has continued.
- The shallow river banks meant difficulties in any bridge construction.
- In recent years, integral bridge construction has also become popular.
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- The cast iron bridge was reconstructed at a cost of £95,887.
- Cubbitt's cast iron bridge was built in 1857 to replace the stone bridge.
- In 1929, the railway's wooden bridge was replaced with a permanent iron bridge.
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- A second bridge in Wuhan was completed in 1995.
- It was built in 1868 and was the second bridge to cross the river.
- In 1848, a second bridge, the Main-Neckar Railway, was built over the Main.
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- The current bridge is the third at this site.
- The current bridge was completed in 1955.
- The current bridge across the Brule River was built in 1988.
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- The toll bridge carries 29 million vehicles annually.
- A road-rail bridge carries both road and rail traffic.
- The bridge carries two tracks of the Chongqing-Guiyang Railway.
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- The bridge was designed by French engineer Ferdinand Arnodin.
- The bridge was designed by Robert Stephenson and built in 1850–1.
- The bridge was designed by HNTB.
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- Many wanted to build a bridge to connect San Francisco to Marin County.
- From the late 19th century, there had been proposals to build a bridge for Lisbon.
- Many politicians promised to build a bridge between both villages, but no one has initiated.
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- Ships are prohibited from staying or operating near the bridge.
- A statue of Strauss was moved in 1955 to a site near the bridge.
- Huntington locomotive began running along the edge of the gorge near the bridge.
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- The present steel bridge was built in 1958.
- The remains of a historic steel bridge span the Chattahoochee River.
- A steel bridge connects the intake tower to the top of the dam embankment.
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- This bridge connects Thane and Kalwa.
- Vashi road bridge connects two sister cities of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.
- A bridge connects the Building A and Building B — the two main buildings.
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- The bridge crosses the Tohickon Creek on Covered Bridge Road.
- The bridge crosses the River Isla.
- The bridge crosses the Mississippi River northeast of Bowlus, Minnesota.
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- The bridge would be the longest bridge in Malaysia.
- This is currently the longest bridge in Iceland.
- The Suramadu Bridge is the longest bridge in Indonesia.
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- Afterwards, the bridge was closed for three years for works.
- The bridge was closed in 2017, and as of 2019 was slated for demolition.
- The second time, the bridge was closed due to the need to replace the deck.
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- and tells him "Why don't you jump off the bridge and kill yourself?
- Giuseppe falls off the bridge and hits his head on the rocks below.
- Between March and May 2012, three people committed suicide by jumping off the bridge.
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- Today some 10,000 people cross the bridge on a daily basis.
- Many Soul Catchers have tried to get him to cross the bridge and failed.
- a daily average of 150,000 cars cross the bridge, including 7,000 on the peak hour.
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- That structure was replaced in 1914 by a bascule bridge.
- It is the only railway bascule bridge in Northern Ireland.
- It is a "Scherzer Rolling Lift Bascule"-type bascule bridge.
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- The tram bridge design is a Warren truss design made of diameter steel tubes.
- The bridge design incorporates the "Long" Burr Arch Truss and was built for $12,180.68.
- Robert Maillart's bridge design is perceived by some to have been deliberately artistic.
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- The bridge spans over the south western arm of Taiping Lake.
- The bridge spans over the Yangtze River.
- This bridge spans the Sulphur Fork Creek and is well preserved.
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- The bridge was replaced with an iron one in 1835.
- The bridge was replaced between 2006 and 2008
- In 1870, an earlier bridge was replaced with a new one.
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- The bridge was listed on the register on December 17, 1999.
- The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
- The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
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- A complete bridge replacement would have cost 25% more without saving the historic bridge.
- At some point, a new bridge was built adjacent to the historic bridge that now carries Avery Road.
- Sommot Amon Mak Bridge Sommot Amon Mak Bridge (, , ) is a historic bridge over the "khlong" (canal) in Bangkok.
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- The two lane bridge is long and wide.
- The new bridge is long and wide and is a concrete box-beam style.
- The bridge is long, and stands above the level of the Alzette below.
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- A District Line service can also be seen crossing the bridge in the 1965 drama Four in the Morning.
- To finance this project, the punitive damages that Jews had to pay for crossing the bridge were used.
- In 1897, a train carrying nearly 200 people derailed while crossing the bridge; there were no injuries.
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- , the park was only accessible via the East 174th Street bridge that crosses both the expressway and the Bronx River.
- Neckar Viaduct, Weitingen The Neckar Viaduct at Weitingen is a bridge that crosses the River Neckar, near the village Horb am Neckar.
- Koersch Viaduct The Körsch Viaduct is a bridge that crosses the Körsch Valley (river Körsch) in Germany, supporting a road around Nellingen.
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- It was newly built in 1950 as a stone arch bridge.
- It is supported by a stone arch bridge structure with five spans.
- It is a multiple span , stone arch bridge with three spans, constructed in 1841.
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- It is supported by a stone arch bridge structure with five spans.
- The bridge structure was also removed and a large bridge similar to that used in the battleships installed in its place.
- According to MDOT, "this route would only be used in emergency situations and worst-case scenarios impacting the entire bridge structure."
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- The existing Ottoman bridge runs parallel to the modern highway bridge.
- The six-lane highway bridge took 6,000 workers two and half years to construct.
- It was also one of the few remaining examples of a camelback highway bridge in Michigan.
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- Construction of the original bridge began in November 1977.
- Construction of the new bridge began at the end of November 2016.
- Construction on a dual-span replacement bridge began in April 2017.
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- The zip code divider is the bridge itself by the same name.
- The bridge itself is 552.4 m long.
- The bridge itself was a re-dress of the film-era "Enterprise" bridge.
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- Construction on a dual-span replacement bridge began in April 2017.
- The replacement bridge is as you see today with no supporting column.
- In spring of 1914, a temporary replacement bridge was acquired from Dresden.
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- There only bridge connecting Austra to the mainland runs through Valen.
- It is the only bridge in the city to have survived World War II intact.
- Since the only bridge was broken, a party of 400 French knights led by Sancerre was ferried across the river.
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- The moats that surround this quadrilateral on all sides are built with a bridge that spans them.
- On May 27, a group of protesters reportedly blocked a bridge that spans the Min River for roughly one hour.
- The most noticeable feature in the village is Connel Bridge, a large cantilever bridge that spans Loch Etive at the Falls of Lora.
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- With the cops hot on his trail, Joe jumps off a bridge and lands on a cargo ship.
- She secretly disposed of them by throwing them off a bridge into the River Thames.
- On a holiday in Spain in 1970, a tyre of their car blew out and they fell off a bridge.
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- On 13 February Companies F and H crossed the bridge again with the aim of securing the entire area.
- Just before the flood that led to the bridge's destruction, about 450 vehicles crossed the bridge daily.
- During the days after the bridge capture, the U.S. 9th, 78th and 99th Infantry Divisions crossed the bridge.
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- Near Goldscheuer, above the fortress, they began constructing another bridge.
- There is another bridge called the Francis Scott Key Bridge, located in Washington, DC on US 29.
- At the end is a view to the spire of Leighton church, and another bridge leads back to the house.
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- The bridge is located on G5 Beijing–Kunming Expressway.
- The bridge is located around 500 metres southwest of the hut.
- The bridge is located just west (upstream) of the present alignment of River Road, which it formerly carried.
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- Less than half a mile from the beginning the trail crosses a small bridge.
- The Chapel has a mini pond and a small bridge connecting into the main hallway.
- The craft have a catamaran hull, a small bridge and a crane with a maximum capacity of 3 tons.
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- In 2014, work started on replacing the 1840s built bridge that carries the railway over the River Ouse.
- An aqueduct is a bridge that carries water, resembling a viaduct, which is a bridge that connects points of equal height.
- Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory The Penobscot Narrows Bridge is a long cable-stayed bridge that carries US 1/SR 3 over the Penobscot River.
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- The main bridge is wide between the truss centrelines, with two equal spans of .
- The bridge spans 212 feet (64.6m) and comprises two metal arch ribs, from which the main bridge deck is hung.
- The main bridge leading into the village is closed to all passenger vehicles not owned by residents of Minerve.
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- Also included were a causeway and/or bridge linking to Brooklyn.
- In 1868, a pontoon bridge linking Frederikssund to Hornsherred was opened.
- One of the MTs hit a pile of the bridge linking Fort Saint Elmo with the breakwater, which collapsed with the blast, blocking the entrance to the harbor.
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- One bridge was destroyed in the town of Mercedes.
- The bridge was destroyed on August 28, 2011 by flooding resulting from Hurricane Irene.
- The bridge was destroyed in the collapse of 1 WTC during the September 11 attacks in 2001.
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- Additionally, a bridge collapsed near Collingwood.
- In 2007 the I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapsed in Minneapolis.
- The wooden bridge collapsed in 1972 after being set alight by vandals.
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- When closed, there is of clearance below the bridge.
- The rock island below the bridge is called Moby Dick, after the fictional whale.
- The wolf tone occurs because the strings below the bridge sometimes resonate at pitches close to notes on the playing part of the string.
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- To implement this, the already existing bridge pillars had to be laboriously relocated.
- In 2003 construction began on the second four lane bridge to the west of the existing bridge to meet growing traffic demands.
- A pre-fabricated segment was attached to the existing bridge, for use while construction proceeds on both sides along Liberty Street.