bridge strike
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[edit]Noun
[edit]bridge strike (plural bridge strikes)
- An instance of a vehicle or ship colliding with a bridge; most strikes by vehicles are by those which are too high to pass under a low overbridge.
- 2019 October 23, Rail, page 18:
- Transport for London is providing detailed information on height restrictions on tunnels and bridges in the capital, in a bid to reduce the number of bridge strikes. [...] TfL is affected by at least two bridge strikes a month.