Sentence examples for lift bridge from inspiring English sources
Four different bridge types are represented: Strauss direct lift bridge, Strauss trunnion draw span, Strauss trunnion bascule bridge, and Strauss vertical lift bridge.
It is the longest lift bridge in the world, 312 ft. long.
The Jersey Central Rail road lift bridge crosses the lower portion of the bay.
"The Leamington lift bridge," I say as I slide into the taxi.
We strolled along Main Street and browsed in the friendly Lift Bridge Book Shop.
They planned to close the city's lift bridge for the first time since major flooding in 2001.
It was also the second last lift span bridge to be built along the river after the Nyah Bridge opened in 1941.
The bridge was built after the decline in commercial river traffic on the Murray, and was the last lift span bridge of any type to be built over the river.
DOWN the bayou, pontoon and lift bridges act as major intersections.
Such a system, using pressurized water, was built in London in 1882 and is still used to drive machinery to lift bridges and operate hoists.
There were two locks and four lift bridges (they have to be raised to give the boat room to pass) along our route, and they added immensely to the sense of novelty and history.
