Swing Bridge Definition

noun
A bridge that can be swung back in a horizontal plane to allow tall vessels, etc. to pass.
Webster's New World

A movable bridge that has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its centre of gravity, about which the turning span can then pivot horizontally.

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Noun

Singular:
swing bridge
Plural:
swing bridges

Swing Bridge Sentence Examples

  • An iron swing-bridge connects the dock with the Great Northern railway.

  • The other, which is far the deeper of the two, is crossed by an iron swing-bridge, allowing for the passage of vessels.

  • This bridge, which dates from r896, replaced a smaller wooden swing-bridge erected in 1856.

  • Came through the West Mills swing bridge with another boat that was just going through to turn.

  • The north and south harbours lie between the town and Keith Inch - a suburb at the extremity of the peninsula on part of which the town is built - and the isthmus dividing them is pierced by a canal crossed by an iron swing-bridge.

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