floating bridge
Buoyant road surface
A floating bridge is a bridge supported by pontoons or other buoyant structures rather than fixed piers anchored to the bottom.
These bridges are practical where water is too deep or the bottom too soft for conventional supports: The floating bridge across Lake Washington handles heavy commuter traffic.
The term also applies to a temporary military pontoon bridge for crossing rivers during operations.
Buoyant platform or vessel
- bargeFlat freight vessel
- deckShip's flat surface
- spanDistance between endpoints
- gangwayNarrow corridor for access
platform · trestle · anchorage · mooring · ramp · roadway · causeway · abutment
Recreational vessel harbor
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- navigationDetermining position and course
- channelPassage for transmission
tide · current · waterway · riverbank · shoreline · ferry · embarkation · crossing
Fluid's upward resistance
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- load-bearingSustaining structural mass
- modularMade of separable units
- anchoringFastening securely to position
stability · design · construction · infrastructure · retrofit · maintenance
Buoyant platform or vessel
- tacticalStrategically planned
- deployableReady for field use
- fieldArea of specialty
- expeditionaryOf forces sent abroad
prefabricated · amphibious · convoy · logistics · wartime · temporary
Temporary, improvised substitute
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- interimProvisional in-between phase
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- stopgapTemporary substitute measure
improvised · collapsible · portable · relocatable · inflatable · demountable · seasonal · expedient
pontoon
Buoyant platform or vessel
gangway · platform · trestle · anchorage · mooring · ramp · roadway · causeway · abutment · railing
marina
Recreational vessel harbor
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- navigationDetermining position and course
channel · tide · current · waterway · riverbank · shoreline · ferry · embarkation · crossing · draft
buoyancy
Fluid's upward resistance
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- load-bearingSustaining structural mass
- modularMade of separable units
anchoring · stability · design · construction · infrastructure · retrofit · maintenance
pontoon
Buoyant platform or vessel
- tacticalStrategically planned
- deployableReady for field use
- fieldArea of specialty
expeditionary · prefabricated · amphibious · convoy · logistics · wartime · temporary
makeshift
Temporary, improvised substitute
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- interimProvisional in-between phase
- emergencySerious sudden danger
stopgap · improvised · collapsible · portable · relocatable · inflatable · demountable · seasonal · expedient
Seattle
Pacific Northwest metropolis
- bridgesPonte Vecchio, Golden Gate, footbridge, viaduct, skybridge
- water crossingsford, footbridge, stepping stones, pontoon, ferry
- military engineeringengineers, combat engineer, combat engineers, sappers, sapper
- Tremolo Systemswhammy bar, locking nut, knife edge, pivot point, pivot points
- portable bridgespontoon
- Hood CanalUnion, Bangor
floating bridgefixed bridge
Non-movable overpass structure
suspension bridge · arch bridge · trestle bridge · viaduct · truss bridge
float, floated, floats, floater, floaters, floating, afloat, flotation, flotilla