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cantilever bridge

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noun

  1. a bridge having spans that are constructed as cantilevers and often a suspended span or spans, each end of which rests on one end of a cantilever span

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

There's Mellen, for instance; he's in Chihuahua building a cantilever bridge.

From The Iron Trail by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

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