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pony truss

noun

  1. a through bridge truss having its deck between the top and bottom chords and having no top lateral bracing.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pony truss1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

Engineer Deneatra Henderson said good uses for the 60-foot long steel Pratt pony truss bridge include adding it to a hiking and biking trail or as part of a golf course cart path.

The pony truss bridge over a railroad track was built in the 1920s and has a pedestrian sidewalk.

The 1930s-era pony truss bridge that spanned Crow Creek in Wilbern washed out in flooding in 2013.

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