Preferred label
Bridges
Alternative label
Viaducts
Broader term
Transportation facilities
Narrower terms
Covered bridges
Drawbridges
Ice crossings
Pedestrian bridges
Pile bridges
Pontoon bridges
Railroad bridges
Stone bridges
Suspension bridges
Swing bridges
Toll bridges
Transporter bridges
Truss bridges
Vertical lift bridges
Related terms
Aqueducts
Bridge construction
Bridge failures
Culverts
Elevated highways
Moving of structures
Pylons (Bridges)
Trestles
Trusses
Scope note
Structures erected over a depression or obstacle, as over a river, gorge, roadway, etc., carrying a roadway and/or walkway for vehicles or persons. Search under SWING BRIDGES for bridges that move horizontally and under VERTICAL LIFT BRIDGES for bridges that lift vertically.
Change note
Formerly TGMI term.