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Definition of Pontoon bridge

Pontoon bridge
Pontoon Pon*toon", n. [F. ponton (cf. It. pontone), from L. ponto, -onis, fr. pons, pontis, a bridge, perhaps originally, a way, path: cf. Gr. ? path, Skr. path, pathi, panthan. Cf. Punt a boat.] 1. (Mil.) A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops. 2. (Naut.) A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc., chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter. Pontoon bridge, a bridge formed with pontoons. Pontoon train, the carriages of the pontoons, and the materials they carry for making a pontoon bridge. Note: The French spelling ponton often appears in scientific works, but pontoon is more common form.

Meaning of Pontoon bridge from wikipedia

- A pontoon bridge (or ponton bridge), also known as a floating bridge, uses floats or shallow-draft boats to support a continuous deck for pedestrian and...
- These pontoon bridges are semi-permanent floating bridges located throughout the world. Four of the five longest floating bridges in the world are in...
- Xerxes' pontoon bridges were constructed in 480 BC during the second Persian invasion of Greece (part of the Greco-Persian Wars) upon the order of Xerxes...
- a platform supported by pontoons Pontoon bridge, a bridge supported by shallow draft open boats or encased floats Pontoon (card game), a chiefly British...
- 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the twin cities of Howrah...
- Construction of the 77 concrete pontoons began in 2011 and on-site ****embly began in 2014. The Evergreen Point Floating Bridge carries six lanes of traffic—including...
- are in watercraft hulls, aircraft floats, floating piers, pontoon rhinos, pontoon bridges, and marine engineering applications such as salvage. During...
- analyzed the pontoons of the bridge, and realized that they were over-engineered and the water could be stored temporarily in the pontoons. The watertight...
- Mandrocles of Samos once engineered a pontoon bridge across the Bosphorus, linking Asia to Europe; this bridge enabled Darius to pursue the fleeing Scythians...
- The Ahmed el-Mansy pontoon bridge (30°36′19″N 32°19′31″E / 30.6054°N 32.3254°E / 30.6054; 32.3254), a pair of pontoons bridging both channels The Taha...