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Pile-bridge.

A bridge whose roadway is constructed on piles. An excellent plan over extensive shallow waters but little obstructed by ice, as that of the Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad over Gunpowder River, and many other places.

Caesar's bridge (page 379) was also a pile-bridge with trestle superstructure. [1702]

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