floating bridges

created by Dale Cooper
(thing) by Dale Cooper (7.8 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sat Sep 09 2000 at 21:23:04
A type of bridge consisting of connected floating concrete pontoons that are anchored to the bottom of the waterway they cross. Western Washington posesses most of the world's floating bridges: The Hood Canal Bridge, The Gov. A.D. Rosellini Evergreen Point Floating Bridge ("The 520 Bridge") and the twin I-90 floating spans. All of these bridges have "high rises" at either end that allow ships to pass underneath, and all except the I-90 spans have draw sections in the middle that open for larger traffic.
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