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lift bridge
(redirected from Vertical lift bridge)

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Noun1.lift bridge - a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath itlift bridge - a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it
drawbridge
bridge, span - a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
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This year a new bridge, the highest vertical lift bridge in the world, was opened and named after the city's writer son.
NORMAN ARMADA; TOM Bodden at the Tall Ships festival in Rouen by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
However, unlike bascule bridges, the weight of the lift span of a vertical lift bridge changes as the bridge is raised or lowered.
Preservation act by Dubin, Earl E. / Public Roads
Driving across Newport Bridge - Britain's first ever vertical lift bridge.
101 Great Reasons to Live in Tees Valley by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
 
 
 
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