ice bridge

noun

1. a body of ice that forms across the width of a river and is strong enough to bear traffic

Example Sentences

Mr Studniski said his team, with the help of emergency responders, were able to safely evacuate anglers using an ice bridge over a narrow part of the open water.

From BBC

The ice bridge that was behind Nathan broke, and the ice that Nathan stood on began to spin.

From Literature

A ranger rappelled into the crevasse as far as possible and found that the ice bridge collapse had filled the crevasse with a large volume of snow and ice, the statement said.

From Seattle Times

“It was spectacular and inspiring and humbling at the same time,” Brooke Medley, deputy project scientist for Operation Ice Bridge, said in a blog post from the agency.

From Washington Post

Later that day, they finally received satellite GPS data from the wolf’s collar, and it confirmed what they suspected- F003, a female wolf, had departed the island on January 31 on an ice bridge that had formed, connecting the island to the mainland.

From Washington Times