lift bridge meaning

• Noun: lift bridge  lift brij
  1. A bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it
     - drawbridge

  Derived forms: lift bridges

  Type of: bridge, span

  Encyclopedia: Lift bridge

• vertical-lift bridge:    [Civil engineering ...
• lift:    Verb: lift &n ...
• bridge:    Noun: bridge  ...

Examples

1. However, in the end, a lift bridge was chosen.
2. NYCH continued to use the single lift bridge at Bush Terminal instead.
3. The lift bridge is capable of sufficient vertical clearance for ship traffic.
4. The bridge was completed in 1908 as a Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge.
5. One other bridge spanned the C & D Canal before the lift bridge.