Swing bridge

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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.

    "When the scheme is completed, the 99-year-old swing bridge over the canal will be dispensed with as the new bridge will have sufficient height to allow clearance for the passage of canal traffic."

  2. 2
    A rope bridge, or simple suspension bridge, which swings (oscillates) as pedestrians walk across. New-Zealand

    "Cross New Zealand's longest Swingbridge on the 110m long Buller Gorge Swingbridge, suspended 17 1/2 metres high above the mighty Buller River."

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