bowstring bridge
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[edit]Noun
[edit]bowstring bridge (plural bowstring bridges)
- A tied-arch bridge, which has an upper arch tied to the bridge deck below.
- 1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601:
- The last crossing, immediately short of Keswick station, is an inverted bowstring girder bridge with a skew span of 120ft.
- 2020 May 20, Paul Bigland, “East London Line's renaissance”, in Rail, page 47:
- On leaving the station, the line uses a new 'Bowstring' bridge to cross the actual Shoreditch High Street and join the old NLR viaducts to head north to Dalston.
Further reading
[edit]- bowstring bridge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia