lifting bridge

English

Noun

lifting bridge (plural lifting bridges)

1. A type of movable bridge over a body of water with one or two spans that can be raised to allow the passage of water traffic whenever necessary; the lifting movement may be either hinged or elevating.

   Hypernyms: movable bridge < bridge < infrastructure

   Hyponyms: bascule bridge, drawbridge, vertical-lift bridge

   Coordinate terms: (movable) swing bridge; (immovable) truss bridge, cable-stayed bridge, suspension bridge

   • 1958 May, “Electric trains to the Kent Coast”, in Railway Magazine, page 296:

     Included in the electrification scheme is the branch from Sittingbourne to Sheerness, which crosses from the mainland to the Isle of Sheppey on the lifting bridge at King's Ferry.

Further reading

• lifting bridge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia