float bridge

noun

1. a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.

Word History and Origins

Origin of float bridge¹

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

A 10-year permit from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation covers about 45 homes in what is known as Float Bridge Bay.

From Washington Times

The nine short pieces include “This Place,” directed by the Obie Award winner Lee Sunday Evans, inspired by an earlier time on the Hudson and performed on a creaking old float bridge at Pier 66.

From New York Times

The cost of the five options for expanding the float bridge now under review range from about $100 million to $600 million, the Port Authority estimates.

From New York Times

They have delivered more than two dozen locomotives to the New York City subway system and have carried 190-foot steel girders for the new Willis Avenue Bridge spanning the Harlem River, said Donald B. Hutton, who runs the float bridge.

From New York Times

On Thursday, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey completed the first phase of that inquiry by releasing a draft study examining the potential environmental impacts of expanding the float bridge or building a tunnel under the harbor.

From New York Times