cantilever bridge

British  

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

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cantilever bridge

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

Inspectors drilled openings into the concrete walls of the triple cantilever bridge so that they could step inside and take a look.

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

To be sure, none of us knew a thing about stresses and strains, and ingenious though we were, Bill realized that the task of designing a cantilever bridge was far beyond him.

From The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island by A. Russell (Alexander Russell) Bond