trestle bridge

English

Noun

trestle bridge (plural trestle bridges)

  1. A bridge supported on a system of trestles.
    • 1954 November, Robert F. Legget, “The Mount Washington Cog Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 790:
      Just beyond Base Station, the Ammonoosuc River is crossed on a simple trestle bridge.
    • 1957 January, “Notes and News: A Trestle Bridge in the Highlands”, in Railway Magazine, page 65:
      A timber trestle bridge was used in this instance because the boggy peat soil offered only a poor foundation. The piles extend 25 ft. below the surface of the ground.

Further reading

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