A bridge whose floor is supported by the lower chords of the tissues instead of the upper, so that travel is between the trusses and not over them.

A bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as sometimes required in railway engineering.

A drawbridge having a platform or leaf which swings vertically on hinges.

(railway) A bridge that carries the track upon the upper chords, distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders.

plural of Wheatstone bridge

usually any bridge over a roadway under which vehicles above a certain height cannot pass, as well as high loads.

A type of Wheatstone bridge used to measure an unknown inductance in terms of calibrated resistance and capacitance, by the principle that the positive phase angle of an inductive impedance can be compensated by the negative phase angle of a capacitive impedance when put in the opposite arm and the circuit is at resonance.

plural of ice bridge

an ice control structure on a river, to control flowing river ice, that spans the breadth of the river, and may have a traversable roadway on top

plural of low bridge