railroad bridge

noun

: a bridge for trains
a railroad bridge

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In Arkansas, weather officials pleaded with people to avoid travel unless absolutely necessary due to widespread flooding. BNSF Railway confirmed that a railroad bridge in Mammoth Spring was washed out by floodwaters, causing the derailment of several cars. Bruce Schreiner and Obed Lamy, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2025 Flooding tore apart a railroad bridge near Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, derailing a train and plunging cars into the Warm Fork Spring River. Susan Miller, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025 Half a mile down the way from Weaver's restaurant maybe the most iconic REM landmark of them all: The Murmur Trestle, an old wooden railroad bridge immortalized in a black and white, pure Southern Gothic photo on the back cover of their 1983 album. Melanie Peeples, NPR, 3 Apr. 2025 Removing sediment from the outer lagoon between the boulevard and the railroad bridge keeps it deep enough to provide water for the nearby Carlsbad desalination plant. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for railroad bridge

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“Railroad bridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railroad%20bridge. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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