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toll bridge

noun

  1. a bridge at which a toll is charged.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of toll bridge1

First recorded in 1765–75

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Example Sentences

The city of Chicago has done a similar deal, leasing out its Skyway toll bridge for $1.83 billion.

Goring is more of a metropolis than Streatley, but we did not visit the former town because of the atrocious toll-bridge charge.

He was coming from the direction of the toll-bridge, and had evidently met the boy.

Within the past two years fire destroyed the staunch toll-bridge at Waterford on the Hudson, just above Troy.

A little later a ballooning cloud of dust came rolling down the road toward him and the toll-bridge that led to Smyrna village.

At present it enjoys the unique distinction of being a private toll bridge on a government reservation.

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