cantilever bridge
Britishnoun
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Grand Canyon West is home to the Hualapai Tribe and the Grand Canyon Skywalk, a horseshoe-shaped cantilever bridge with a glass walkway at Eagle Point near the Colorado River.
From Washington Times • Oct. 27, 2021
It was also built into the side of a bluff, using an unusual triple cantilever bridge structure that allowed for a promenade to be added at the top.
From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2016
When it was opened on 4 March 1890 by the then Prince of Wales, the Forth Bridge was the longest cantilever bridge in the world and the first major crossing made entirely of steel.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2015
The 1.5 mile Forth rail bridge, the UK's first all-steel crossing, was the world's longest cantilever bridge when it opened in 1890, and among the engineering marvels of the globe.
From The Guardian • May 28, 2012
By government survey we know that the depth of the river between the Falls and the cantilever bridge is two hundred feet.
From The Niagara River by Hulbert, Archer Butler
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