Noun

bowstring bridge (plural bowstring bridges)Category:English lemmas#BOWSTRINGBRIDGECategory:English nouns#BOWSTRINGBRIDGECategory:English countable nouns#BOWSTRINGBRIDGECategory:English multiword terms#BOWSTRINGBRIDGECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BOWSTRINGBRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BOWSTRING%20BRIDGECategory:Pages with 1 entry#BOWSTRING%20BRIDGE

1. A tied-arch bridge, which has an upper arch tied to the bridge deck below.
   • 1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601:

     The last crossing, immediately short of Keswick station, is an inverted bowstring girder bridge with a skew span of 120ft.

     Category:English terms with quotations#BOWSTRINGBRIDGE

   • 2020 May 20, Paul Bigland, “East London Line's renaissance”, in Rail, page 47:

     On leaving the station, the line uses a new 'Bowstring' bridge to cross the actual Shoreditch High Street and join the old NLR viaducts to head north to Dalston.

     Category:English terms with quotations#BOWSTRINGBRIDGE

Further reading

• bowstring bridge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia