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Ten′sion-bridge.

A bridge constructed on the principle of the bow, the arch supporting the track by means of tension-rods, and the string acting as a tie. See bowstring-bridge.

The name may also be applied to a bridge much advocated some years back, for short spans, in which long wooden strips were anchored at each end, and strained as nearly level as possible.

The tension principle abounds in the lower longitudinal members of all truss-girders.

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