lift bridge

American  

noun

1. a bridge having a section that can be lifted vertically to permit passage of boats beneath it.

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Etymology

Origin of lift bridge

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

De Hef opened in 1927 and was the first vertical lift bridge in the Netherlands, but it is no longer in use.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2022

That means using handsaws to clear deadfall from trails, block-and-tackle pulley rigs to lift bridge timbers and spud bars to pry rocks out of trail treads.

From Washington Times • Aug. 19, 2017

That means trying to outrun not only the so-called “formula”—a typical hit’s rote journey through intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, lift, bridge, and outro—but his own instincts.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2013

They planned to close the city’s lift bridge for the first time since major flooding in 2001.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2010

The navigation is controlled by Acts of Parliament, but pleasure yachts are exempt from tolls, except, of course, at locks and Haddiscoe lift bridge.

From The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk by Davies, G. Christopher