bowstring bridge
Noun
A tied-arch bridge, which has an upper arch tied to the bridge deck below.
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The last crossing, immediately short of Keswick station, is an inverted bowstring girder bridge with a skew span of 120ft.
More examples (1)
On leaving the station, the line uses a new 'Bowstring' bridge to cross the actual Shoreditch High Street and join the old NLR viaducts to head north to Dalston.
Word forms
bowstring bridges