ferry bridge

noun

, Civil Engineering.

1. transporter bridge.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ferry bridge¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

He descends upon Sheppey in the summer, and here is the picture he sees, so soon as he has left the King's Ferry bridge behind.

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But the rattle of the chains and the clatter of the wheels on the ferry bridge drowned her voice.

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However that may have been, certainly the “Angel” at Ferry-bridge was the largest.

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Shortly after the Harpers Ferry bridge reconstruction, Bollman was made foreman of bridges.

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