Definitions for pontoon bridge
pon·toon bridge

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1. pontoon bridge, bateau bridge, floating bridgenoun

   a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons

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1. Pontoon bridge

   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 vehicle travel. The buoyancy of the supports limits the maximum load that they can carry. Most pontoon bridges are temporary and used in wartime and civil emergencies. There are permanent pontoon bridges in civilian use that can carry highway traffic. Permanent floating bridges are useful for sheltered water crossings if it is not considered economically feasible to suspend a bridge from anchored piers. Such bridges can require a section that is elevated or can be raised or removed to allow waterborne traffic to pass. Pontoon bridges have been in use since ancient times and have been used to great advantage in many battles throughout history, such as the Battle of Garigliano, the Battle of Oudenarde, the crossing of the Rhine during World War II, the Iran–Iraq War's Operation Dawn 8, and most recently, in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, after crossings over the Dnipro river had been destroyed.

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1. pontoon bridge

   A pontoon bridge, also known as a floating bridge, is a temporary structure usually built for military purposes to span a body of water using floatable pontoons for support. The roadway or pathway is placed on top of these pontoons, allowing vehicles and pedestrians to cross the water. The buoyancy of the pontoons and the distributed weight of the structure enable its stability.

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1. Pontoon bridge

   A pontoon bridge or floating bridge or bridge of boats is a bridge that floats on water and in which barge- or boat-like pontoons support the bridge deck and its dynamic loads. While pontoon bridges are usually temporary structures, some are used for long periods of time. Permanent floating bridges are useful for sheltered water-crossings where it is not considered economically feasible to suspend a bridge from anchored piers. Such bridges can require a section that is elevated, or can be raised or removed, to allow ships to pass. Pontoon bridges are especially useful in wartime as river crossings. Such bridges are usually temporary, and are sometimes destroyed after crossing, or collapsed and carried. They were used to great advantage in many battles throughout time, including the Battle of Garigliano, the Battle of Oudenarde, and many others. Pontoon bridges have been in use since ancient times.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pontoon bridge in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pontoon bridge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of pontoon bridge in a Sentence

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   Imagination is the pontoon bridge making way for the timid feet of reason.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pontoon bridge
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontoon_Bridge
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=pontoon bridge