pontoon bridge

Noun

Meaning

a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons

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After a pontoon bridge they constructed was swamped and swept away by the flood waters, Groves was accused of negligence. Source: Internet

As Maxentius had probably partially destroyed the bridge during his preparations for a siege, he had a wooden or pontoon bridge constructed to get his army across the river. Source: Internet

Despite its efforts, the Russian army had to leave its stronghold and evacuate over a pontoon bridge to the north shore of the inlet. Source: Internet

He crossed the Berezina River by finding a usable ford rather than the overwhelmed pontoon bridge, which probably saved his life and those of his companions. Source: Internet

Pseudo-Herodotus estimates that he was born 622 years before Xerxes I placed a pontoon bridge over the Hellespont in 480 BCE, which would place him at 1102 BCE, 168 years after the fall of Troy in 1270 BCE. Source: Internet

The island was connected to one of the other parts of the city by a pontoon bridge. Source: Internet

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