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truss bridge
noun
- a bridge in which the loads are supported by trusses.
truss bridge
noun
- a bridge that is constructed of trusses
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Word History and Origins
Origin of truss bridge1
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Example Sentences
The timber bridges developed the steel truss bridge, the typically American construction, of to-day.
Thus in a wooden truss bridge the tension members are steel rods.
One end of a steel truss bridge is usually supported on rollers so that it can expand and contract with changing temperatures.
The design of an ordinary short-span steel truss bridge, as ordinarily taught, is an example of this method of instruction.
I have never constructed any other Howe truss bridge with wrought-iron braces, and know of no other anywhere in the country.
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