Floating Bridge

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The term Floating Bridge has been used to refer to:

• River crossings which have not been bridged by a permanent structure, but are served by a chain or cable ferry crossing from side to side, initially designed by James Meadows Rendel
  • the Woolston ferry
  • the Cowes Floating Bridge
  • the Torpoint ferry

• River crossings which are temporarily bridged across the whole span by a semi-permanent floating structure
  • the military pontoon bridge

• River crossings which are bridged across the whole span by a permanent floating structure, typically but not exclusively a pontoon bridge of some form.
  • the Floating Bridge, Dubai
  • the Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge or Evergreen Point Floating Bridge
  • the Hood Canal Bridge
  • the Interstate 90 floating bridge which actually comprises two bridges
    • Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge which carries Interstate 90's eastbound traffic.
    • Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge which carries Interstate 90's westbound traffic and the carpool lanes.
  • the Sozh Floating Bridge
  • the Sunset Lake Floating Bridge, Vermont
  • the Okanagan Lake Bridge
  • the Hobart Bridge
  • the Demerara Harbour Bridge
  • the Nordhordland Bridge
  • the Bergøysund Floating Bridge
  • the Galata Bridge
  • the Howrah Bridge
  • the Dongjin Bridge
  • the Eastbank Esplanade
  • the Queen Emma Bridge

[edit] See also

List of bridges in the United States