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A trestle bridge is a bridge composed of a number of short spans supported by closely spaced frames. A trestle (sometimes tressel) is a rigid frame used as a support, historically a tripod used to support a stool or a pair of isosceles triangles joined at their apices by a plank or beam such as the support structure for a trestle table.
A fill trestle or filling trestle [1] is a temporary construction trestle that is built to provide a scaffolding for the placement of fill or an earthen dam.Typically, the trestle is built across the valley and a railway is laid across the trestle.
A bent in American English is a transverse rigid frame (or similar structures such as three-hinged arches).Historically, bents were a common way of making a timber frame; they are still often used for such, and are also seen in small steel-frame buildings, where the term portal frame is more commonly used.
On Thursday, the bridge's grand reopening was celebrated in a ceremony attended by over 70 trail users and community leaders. New Trestle to Trestle bridge opens, connecting trail users from Des ...
The bridge was shut down on Tuesday, blocking a highway used by thousands of Morris and Sussex county travelers every day. Temporary bridge to reopen Route 15 will take 6 weeks to build, NJ says ...
The General (1926 film): The fictional Rock River bridge, a wooden trestle bridge purpose-built for the film, is set on fire and later collapses as a train attempts to cross it. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927 novel): An Inca rope bridge in Peru collapses, with the resulting deaths forming the basis for the novel's plot.
At that time excavation for the south pier was complete and that for the north pier had been begun. A temporary trestle 100 ft. downstream from the bridge site permitted tracklaying to proceed and facilitated erection of the bridge without interference to traffic and to other construction work north of the river.
Nov. 22—FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to have a Madison company build a temporary bridge over Orbeton Stream on Reeds Mill Road in Madrid Township. The steel in the ...