wooden bridge

Plank span overhead

A wooden bridge is a bridge constructed primarily of timber or lumber.

The term is usually literal—describing structures from simple footbridges to historic covered bridges—but can appear in puzzles or riddles playing on the apparent redundancy of materials: How do you cross a wooden bridge made of stone?

Opposites
material composition

wooden bridgesteel bridge

Metal-framed crossing structure

stone bridge · iron bridge · concrete bridge · suspension bridge · glass bridge

permanence and engineering scale

wooden bridgesuspension bridge

Span hung from overhead cables

Golden Gate Bridge · viaduct · aqueduct · Brooklyn Bridge · rope bridge

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G