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How do you call a bridge which could be lowered to allow passage? is it simply called "lowering-bridge"? is there a word combination for this anyway?
I particularly refer to the "lowering-bridge" in medieval castles, which gave passage over a moat.
It's important to me because I'm writing a short-story, and I want to get the right wordage.
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*smacks forehead*
Thanks.
Never have I felt so ignorant.
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'S'all right, Logwood. I'm trying real hard now to remember what they call the bridges that cross canals, rivers, etc. that have to be raised to allow boats to enter inland waters. Usually they part in the middle and each side raises up...at least I can blame my lapses on semi-senior moments 
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pretty hard to beat wikipedia on something like this... bridges
formerly known as etaoin...
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I never knew there were so many different kinds of bridges! Near where I grew up was a type of swing bridge. We just called it the Torch River Bridge. Charlevoix has a bascule type bridge in the middle of town on the ever busy US31N. That one's a pain in the arse in the height of summer season, I can tell you.
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Very cool article.
"Zigzag Bridge"?
"Flight of Fancy Nomenclature?"
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Nice wiki article, although I notice that its list of notable bridges lists the CESMs' breathtakingly beautiful effort as simply "the highest", when, IMO, it's engineering as art, and damn fine art at that.
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