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pontoon bridge
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pontoon bridge
n.
A temporary floating bridge that uses pontoons for support. Also called bateau bridge.
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Noun1.pontoon bridge - a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoonspontoon bridge - a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons
bateau bridge, floating bridge
bridge, span - a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
pontoon - (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge
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THE hills had become arid, clear blue streams had started to flow, and makeshift military bridges helped us cross the streams that had been created by waterfalls as we made our first pit stop a little after Rohtangla, the first of the four passes that we were to see in the Himalayas.
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