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CANTILEVER BRIDGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bridge constructed of two cantilevers that meet in the middle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cantilever bridge" is a kind of...):
bridge; span (a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.)
Instance hyponyms:
Baton Rouge Bridge (a cantilever bridge across the Mississippi at Baton Rouge)
Commodore John Barry Bridge (a cantilever bridge in Chester, Pennsylvania)
Greater New Orleans Bridge (twin cantilever bridges across the Mississippi at New Orleans)
Minato Ohashi Bridge (cantilever bridge at Osaka, Japan)
Quebec Bridge (a cantilever bridge in Quebec)
Queensboro Bridge (a cantilever bridge across the East River between Manhattan and Queens)
Tappan Zee Bridge (a cantilever bridge across the Hudson River)