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Meaning of "railway bridge" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RAILWAY BRIDGE

railway bridge  [ˈreɪlˌweɪ brɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAILWAY BRIDGE

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conjunction
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Railway bridge is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RAILWAY BRIDGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

railway bridge

Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle. There are many different designs that all serve unique purposes and apply to different situations. Designs of bridges vary depending on the function of the bridge, the nature of the terrain where the bridge is constructed and anchored, the material used to make it, and the funds available to build it.

Definition of railway bridge in the English dictionary

The definition of railway bridge in the dictionary is a bridge built to carry a railway over a road, river, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAILWAY BRIDGE


abridge
əˈbrɪdʒ
average
ˈævərɪdʒ
Bainbridge
ˈbeɪnˌbrɪdʒ
Banbridge
ˈbænbrɪdʒ
bridge
brɪdʒ
Cambridge
ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ
Coatbridge
ˈkəʊtˌbrɪdʒ
drawbridge
ˈdrɔːˌbrɪdʒ
flybridge
ˈflaɪˌbrɪdʒ
footbridge
ˈfʊtˌbrɪdʒ
Lethbridge
ˈlɛθbrɪdʒ
Muybridge
ˈmaɪbrɪdʒ
overbridge
ˈəʊvəˌbrɪdʒ
Oxbridge
ˈɒksˌbrɪdʒ
Redbridge
ˈrɛdˌbrɪdʒ
skybridge
ˈskaɪˌbrɪdʒ
Stourbridge
ˈstaʊəˌbrɪdʒ
Tonbridge
ˈtʌnˌbrɪdʒ
Trowbridge
ˈtrəʊˌbrɪdʒ
Uxbridge
ˈʌksˌbrɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAILWAY BRIDGE

railroader
railway
railway carriage
railway crossing
railway engine
railway guide
railway journey
railway line
railway network
railway police
railway porter
railway station
railway timetable
railway track
railway worker
railway yard
railwayman
railwaymen
railwoman
railworker

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAILWAY BRIDGE

cartridge
Coleridge
contract bridge
Coolidge
duplicate bridge
estridge
fridge
Golden Gate Bridge
land bridge
London Bridge
Millennium Bridge
nuke the fridge
partridge
porridge
Rainbow Bridge
ridge
Stamford Bridge
suspension bridge
swing bridge
toll bridge
water under the bridge

Synonyms and antonyms of railway bridge in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «railway bridge» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAILWAY BRIDGE

Find out the translation of railway bridge to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of railway bridge from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «railway bridge» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

铁路桥
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

puente del ferrocarril
570 millions of speakers

English

railway bridge
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रेलवे पुल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جسر للسكك الحديدية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

железнодорожный мост
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ponte ferroviária
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রেলসেতু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pont de chemin de fer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jambatan kereta api
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eisenbahnbrücke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鉄道橋
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

철도 다리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jembatan railway
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cầu đường sắt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரயில்வே பாலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रेल्वे पूल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

demiryolu köprüsü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ponte ferroviario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

most kolejowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

залізничний міст
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pod de cale ferată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σιδηροδρομική γέφυρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

treinbrug
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

järnvägsbro
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jernbanebrua
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of railway bridge

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAILWAY BRIDGE»

The term «railway bridge» is regularly used and occupies the 82.565 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAILWAY BRIDGE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «railway bridge» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «railway bridge» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about railway bridge

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAILWAY BRIDGE»

Discover the use of railway bridge in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to railway bridge and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay: ...
At the time, the accident caused the largest number of fatalities of a British railway accident andthe bridgewas the longest railway bridge in the world. One can easilyimagine theshock generated amongst a public confidentofthe supremacy of  ...
Peter Lewis, 2012
2
Design of Modern Steel Railway Bridges
Perhaps the first book on this topic in more than 50 years, Design of Modern Steel Railway Bridges focuses not only on new steel superstructures but also outlines principles and methods that are useful for the maintenance and rehabilitation ...
John F. Unsworth, 2010
3
International Conference on Suspension, Cable Supported, and ...
The Third railway bridge across river Godavari has been constructed at Rajahmundry on the Chennai-Howrah trunk route. The bridge was commissioned on 14/03/97 for passenger traffic. The bridge has 28 spans each 97.552 m c/c of piers ...
‎2000
4
Prefabricated Bridge Elements and Systems to Limit Traffic ...
PRACTICES IN PREFABRICATED SYSTEMS FOR RAILROAD BRIDGES Delays in railway bridge construction, rehabilitation, or re- placement are generally limited to a strict minimum, because railway deviation is difficult and expensive.
‎2003
5
ARCH'01: troisième conferénce internationale sur les ponts ...
EVALUATION OF THE LOAD CAPACITY OF A REHABILITATED STEEL ARCH RAILWAY BRIDGE EVALUATION DE LA CAPACITE PORTANTE D'UN PONT FERROVIAIRE METALLIQUE EN ARC APRES SA REMISE EN ETAT J.F. ...
C. Abdunur, 2001
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The Archaeology of an Early Railway System: The Brecon ...
George then seems to have built Pontycafnau and a second iron railway bridge in 1793. Many iron railway bridges were subsequently produced in the iron- making centres of south Wales before George Stephenson built his Gaunless Bridge ...
Stephen Hughes, 1990
7
Fourth International Conference on Current and Future Trends ...
... S 355 for tr< 3 years: YM=1,05 for S 235 YM = 1,10 for S 355 Railway bridge structures Recommendations for inspections, technical care and monitoring of bridge service parameters are fixed by the guideline [2] and its updated version [ 1].
B. Barr, 2006
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Bridge Engineering Handbook
W.F. Chen, Lian Duan Wai-Fah Chen. Center Line 8K 8K Concrete Deck 40K J<- *L 40K * r1 *-! 8K 40K 8K 40K " Floor Beam Box Girder 40'-0" 80K 2K FIGURE 56.3 Rocking effect model for railway bridge. Tests have shown that the impact ...
W.F. Chen, Lian Duan, Wai-Fah Chen, 1999
9
Health Monitoring of Bridges
Contributed by Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Division ofStructural Design and Bridges Project Description The new ̊Arsta railway bridge (Figure 9.39) in Stockholm, Sweden, was ...
Helmut Wenzel, 2008
10
Bridges for High-Speed Railways: Revised Papers from the ...
In the first case, the total load amounts to approximately 300 kN/m, while the total load for the railway bridge is around 660kN/m. Thus, the total load for a railway bridge is approximately double that for a highway bridge. Furthermore, if we ...
Rui Calcada, Raimundo Delgado, António Campos e Matos, 2008

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAILWAY BRIDGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term railway bridge is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Rescuers bring naked man down from raised railroad bridge in Fort …
The man, who was not identified, was harnessed to the Florida East Coast Railway bridge, which was then slowly lowered. He was taken to Broward Health ... «Sun Sentinel, May 15»
2
Accused VIA Rail terror plotters seen on video walking along 'target …
TORONTO — Two years ago, on a bright September day, Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser walked the length of a Toronto-area railway bridge, wondering ... «National Post, Feb 15»
3
Watch shocking moment train runs over two women on railway bridge
The video, shot from the train driver's cab, shows the pair desperately running to ... the oncoming train as the bridge, in Monroe County, Indiana, was 80ft high. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 14»
4
India building world's highest railway bridge in Himalayas
KAURI: Indian engineers are toiling in the Himalayas to build the world's highest railway bridge which is expected to be 35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower ... «Times of India, Jul 14»
5
Watch incredible moment woman gets stuck on railway bridge as it …
Gripped by terror as she hangs 22ft up in the air, a woman desperately clings on to a railway drawbridge. She had been on the structure – which is over a river ... «Mirror.co.uk, Oct 13»
6
Tours to climb Forth railway bridge
Network Rail is planning to offer guided tours to the top of the bridge in time for its 125th ... The railway authority has also proposed a second concept for less ... «Daily Mail, Aug 13»
7
Skagit River bridge collapse near site of fatal 1903 bridge collapse
This panorama is believed to have been taken in 1903 when the Great Northern Railway bridge collapsed into the Skagit River. The bridge was roughly 1,200 ... «KIRO Seattle, May 13»
8
Burning Texas railway bridge collapses
A railway bridge across the Colorado River between San Saba and Lometa in ... The railway is understood to transport freight and it is estimated it could cost up ... «BBC News, May 13»
9
For India's poor, a school under a railway bridge
New Delhi: Their classroom is a flattened patch of dirt and rocks under the elevated rail tracks. Their blackboards are rectangles painted on a chipped concrete ... «NDTV, May 13»

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