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Transporter bridge, the Glossary

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A transporter bridge, also known as a ferry bridge or aerial transfer bridge, is a type of movable bridge that carries a segment of roadway across a river.^[1]

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Transporter bridges

Aerial Lift Bridge

The Aerial Lift Bridge, earlier known as the Aerial Bridge or Aerial Ferry Bridge, is a landmark in the port city of Duluth, Minnesota. Transporter bridge and Aerial Lift Bridge are transporter bridges.

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Aerial tramway

An aerial tramway, aerial tram, sky tram, aerial cablecar, aerial cableway, telepherique, or seilbahn is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary ropes for support while a third moving rope provides propulsion.

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Alberto Palacio

Alberto de Palacio y Elissague (1856-1939) was a Spanish engineer and architect born in Sare (Northern Basque Country) and grown up in Gordexola.

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Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet is a British comedy-drama television programme about seven British construction workers who leave the United Kingdom to search for employment overseas.

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Bizerte

Bizerte (translit) is a city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia.

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Bordeaux

Bordeaux (Gascon Bordèu; Bordele) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, southwestern France.

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Brest, France

Brest is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany.

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Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and primate city of Argentina.

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Car

A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels.

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Century of Progress

A Century of Progress International Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1933 to 1934.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Chrastava

Chrastava (Kratzau) is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic.

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Devil's Dyke, Sussex

Devil's Dyke is a 100 metre (300') deep V-shaped dry valley on the South Downs in Sussex in southern England, north-west of Brighton.

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Dock Sud

Dock Sud is a town of Avellaneda Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

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Duluth, Minnesota

Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Louis County.

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Ferdinand Arnodin

Ferdinand Joseph Arnodin (9 October 1845 – 24 April 1924) was a French engineer and industrialist born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône who died in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire in Loiret. Transporter bridge and Ferdinand Arnodin are transporter bridges.

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Ferry

A ferry is a boat that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water.

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Getxo

Getxo (Spanish: Guecho) is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in Spain.

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Glasgow

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.

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Gondola lift

A gondola lift is a means of cable transport and type of aerial lift which is supported and propelled by cables from above.

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Hamrštejn

Hamrštějn (Hammerstein) is a castle ruin located close to the city of Liberec, Czech Republic.

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Hartlepool

Hartlepool is a seaside and port town in County Durham, England.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Kiel

Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021).

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Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, United States.

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Las Arenas

Areeta (Las Arenas in Spanish) is a neighbourhood of Getxo (Biscay, Basque Country, Spain).

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Liberec

Liberec (Reichenberg) is a city in the Czech Republic.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Lusatian Neisse

The Lusatian Neisse (Lausitzer Neiße; Nysa Łużycka; Lužická Nisa; Upper Sorbian: Łužiska Nysa; Lower Sorbian: Łužyska Nysa), or Western Neisse, is a river in northern Central Europe.

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Maarssen is a town in the middle of the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal.

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Marseille

Marseille or Marseilles (Marseille; Marselha; see below) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

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Marseille Transporter Bridge

The Marseille transporter bridge, inaugurated in 1905 and destroyed in 1944, was a crossing of the Old Port of Marseille, designed by engineer Ferdinand Arnodin. Transporter bridge and Marseille Transporter Bridge are transporter bridges.

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Mönchengladbach

Mönchengladbach (Jlabbach) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Messrs. Crosfield's Transporter Bridge

Messrs. Transporter bridge and Messrs. Crosfield's Transporter Bridge are transporter bridges.

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Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a town in North Yorkshire, England.

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Moveable bridge

A moveable bridge, or movable bridge, is a bridge that moves to allow passage for boats or barges. Transporter bridge and moveable bridge are bridges by structural type.

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Nantes

Nantes (Gallo: Naunnt or Nantt) is a city in Loire-Atlantique of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast.

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Newport Transporter Bridge

The Newport Transporter Bridge (Pont Gludo Casnewydd) is a transporter bridge that crosses the River Usk in Newport, South East Wales. Transporter bridge and Newport Transporter Bridge are transporter bridges.

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Newport, Wales

Newport (Casnewydd) is a city and county borough in Wales, situated on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, northeast of Cardiff.

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Osten

Osten (Oosten) is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Osten Transporter Bridge

Osten Transporter Bridge is an long transporter bridge over the Oste River in Osten (Oste), Lower Saxony, Germany. Transporter bridge and Osten Transporter Bridge are transporter bridges.

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Portugalete

Portugalete is a town lying to the west of Bilbao in the province of Biscay in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.

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Puente Nicolás Avellaneda

Puente Nicolás Avellaneda is a 1650-metre long liftable road bridge with 2 lanes in Buenos Aires, Argentina over Riachuelo River, which was built from 1937 to 1940. Transporter bridge and Puente Nicolás Avellaneda are transporter bridges.

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Puente Transbordador

Puente Transbordador (also known as Buenos Aires Transporter Bridge, Puente Transbordador de La Boca:, visited 2009-06-14 Puente Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda, Antiguo Puente Nicolás Avellaneda or Transbordador del Riachuelo) is a transporter bridge in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Transporter bridge and Puente Transbordador are transporter bridges.

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Rail transport

Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.

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Rendsburg

Rendsburg (Rendsborg, also Rensborg, Rendsborg, also Rensborg) is a town on the River Eider and the Kiel Canal in the central part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Rendsburg High Bridge

The Rendsburg High Bridge (Rendsburger Hochbrücke, officially Eisenbahnhochbrücke Rendsburg) is a railway viaduct on the Neumünster–Flensburg line that also serves as a transporter bridge. Transporter bridge and Rendsburg High Bridge are transporter bridges.

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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro.

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River

A river is a natural flowing freshwater stream, flowing on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river.

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River Tees

The River Tees, in England, rises on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the North Pennines and flows eastwards for to reach the North Sea in the North East of England.

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River Usk

The River Usk (Afon Wysg) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain (y Mynydd Du), Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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Rochefort, Charente-Maritime

Rochefort (Ròchafòrt), unofficially Rochefort-sur-Mer (Ròchafòrt de Mar) for disambiguation, is a city and commune in Southwestern France, a port on the Charente estuary.

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Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge

Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge is a transporter bridge built between 1898 and 1900. Transporter bridge and Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge are transporter bridges.

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Rouen

Rouen is a city on the River Seine in northern France.

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Royal Victoria Dock Bridge

The Royal Victoria Dock Bridge is a signature high-level footbridge crossing the Royal Victoria Dock in the Docklands area of east London designed by London-based architects and designers Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands.

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Runcorn

Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England.

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Seine

The Seine is a river in northern France.

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Sky Ride

The Sky Ride was an attraction built for the Century of Progress 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois. Transporter bridge and Sky Ride are transporter bridges.

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Southwest Line

At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, the Southwest Line was designed to connect the port of Le Havre to the left bank of the Seine, and then to the west and southwest of France, by crossing the river near the estuary. Transporter bridge and southwest Line are bridges by structural type.

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Tees Transporter Bridge

The Tees Transporter Bridge, also referred to as the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge or locally as The Transporter, is a bridge over the River Tees in northern England. The northern side is in Port Clarence (Stockton-on-Tees) and the southern side is in Middlehaven (Middlesbrough). It is grade II* listed and the longest existing transporter in the world. Transporter bridge and Tees Transporter Bridge are transporter bridges.

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The Northern Echo

The Northern Echo is a regional daily morning newspaper based in the town of Darlington in North East England, serving mainly southern County Durham and northern Yorkshire.

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The Young Girls of Rochefort

The Young Girls of Rochefort (lit) is a 1967 French musical comedy film written and directed by Jacques Demy.

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Tiger Bay (1959 film)

Tiger Bay is a 1959 British crime drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson.

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Transporter bridge

A transporter bridge, also known as a ferry bridge or aerial transfer bridge, is a type of movable bridge that carries a segment of roadway across a river. Transporter bridge and transporter bridge are 1873 introductions, bridges by structural type, British inventions, Spanish inventions and transporter bridges.

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University of Toronto

The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park.

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Vertical-lift bridge

A vertical-lift bridge or just lift bridge is a type of movable bridge in which a span rises vertically while remaining parallel with the deck. Transporter bridge and vertical-lift bridge are bridges by structural type.

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Vizcaya Bridge

The Vizcaya Bridge (Bizkaiko Zubia in Basque, Puente de Vizcaya in Spanish) is a transporter bridge that links the towns of Portugalete and Las Arenas (part of Getxo) in the Biscay province of Spain, crossing the mouth of the Nervion River. Transporter bridge and Vizcaya Bridge are transporter bridges.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transporter_bridge

Also known as Aerial transfer bridge, Aerial transfer bridges, Ferry bridge, Ferry bridges, Rouen Transporter Bridge, Transporter bridges.

, River Usk, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge, Rouen, Royal Victoria Dock Bridge, Runcorn, Seine, Sky Ride, Southwest Line, Tees Transporter Bridge, The Northern Echo, The Young Girls of Rochefort, Tiger Bay (1959 film), Transporter bridge, University of Toronto, Vertical-lift bridge, Vizcaya Bridge, Warrington, Warrington Transporter Bridge, Widnes, Widnes–Runcorn Transporter Bridge, Wire, World War II.

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1873 introductions

Spanish inventions

Transporter bridges

References