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Definition of Cantilever bridge
1. Noun. Bridge constructed of two cantilevers that meet in the middle.
Generic synonyms: Bridge, Span
Medical Definition of Cantilever bridge
1. A fixed partial bridge denture in which the pontic is retained only on one side by an abutment tooth. Synonym: extension bridge. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cantilever Bridge
Literary usage of Cantilever bridge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly (1893)
"It may seem paradoxical, but the principle of the cantilever bridge is found in
the simplest and earliest forros of bridge building. ..."
2. The Theory and Practice of Modern Framed Structures, Designed for the Use of by John Butler Johnson, Charles Walter Bryan, Frederick Eugene Turneaure, William Spaulding Kinne (1910)
"A cantilever bridge is one in which one or more of its trusses are extended ...
Advantages of the cantilever bridge.—The chief advantage of the cantilever ..."
3. Southern California Quarterly by Los Angeles County Pioneers of Southern California, Historical Society of Southern California (1898)
"THE cantilever bridge OF THE COLORADO. BY MRS. M. BURTON WILLIAMSON. ... in the
Mohave Mountains— the cantilever bridge crosses the Colorado River between ..."
4. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"That this fact is not generally known is proved by the occasional building of a
cantilever bridge in a place where the conditions do not call for one. ..."
5. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"11 Eng M 46:417-20 D '13 High cantilever bridge In Mexico across Rio Chico.
11 diags Ry Age 55:1222-4 D 26 '13 Large cantilever bridge in China. ..."
6. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1904)
"For much less than 1 300 ft. span, a railway suspension bridge is uneconomical
and cannot compete with a cantilever bridge. At Quebec the chief engineer in ..."
7. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1908)
"87210 A. The Fall of the Quebec cantilever bridge. ... An illustrated account of
the collapse of this great cantilever bridge during construe- ..."
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