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

The $1.7 billion project will focus on a heavily trafficked section of the expressway in Brooklyn between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street, which includes a triple cantilever bridge structure resembling a concrete wedding cake.

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

The length of the cantilever bridge is 5330 ft., made up thus: central tower on Inchgarvie 260 ft.;

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

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