covered bridge

collocation in English

meaningsofcoverandbridge

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cover
noun
uk
/ˈkʌv.ər/us
/ˈkʌv.ɚ/
something that is put on or over something else, usually to protect it, to keep something ...
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bridge
noun
uk
/brɪdʒ/us
/brɪdʒ/
a structure that is built over a river, road, or railway to allow people and vehicles to cross from one side to ...
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(Definition ofcoverandbridgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In 1862 at the cost of $4,000 acoveredbridgewas built across the river but was also destroyed.
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This bridge itself was built in 1921 to replace acoveredbridgejust to the west.
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Tobacco was at one time loaded here onto shallow-draught boats, and acoveredbridgecrossed here.
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The originalcoveredbridgewashed away in a flood, as a rebuilt replica also did subsequently.
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The bridge was constructed fast, and when completed in the spring of 1836, it was a woodencoveredbridgeat a length of 654 ft.
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In that year, a new alignment of the state highway was constructed, bypassing thecoveredbridgeto the east.
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It replaced a woodencoveredbridgeat the same site.
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Sources say thecoveredbridgewas initially 42 feet (13 m) in length.
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While traveling one day, they come across acoveredbridge.
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Though completed in 1979, the architects were faithful to traditionalcoveredbridgetimber framing techniques.
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The newcoveredbridgewas built at a higher level than the previous one, and it still stands today.
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It was a woodencoveredbridge, and rotted and collapsed in 1804.
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Subsequently, a woodencoveredbridgespanned the river and may have been the longestcoveredbridgein the state.
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Acoveredbridgeis considered authentic not due to its age, but by its construction.
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Thecoveredbridge(5,390 feet long) was completed later that year at a cost of $400,000 (equal to $ today).
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Many of her features, such as the open bridge withcoveredbridgewings, could be traced back to the pre-war steam-powered icebreakers.
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His men burned ten wooden canal boats and set acoveredbridgeablaze to slow their pursuers.
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In an urban setting, a skyway, catwalk, skybridge, or skywalk is a type of pedway consisting of an enclosed orcoveredbridgebetween two buildings.
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Another half size replica sits astride a golf cart causeway, forming a sort ofcoveredbridge.
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The raiders began raising rails and cutting telegraph wires to delay their pursuers, although an attempt to burn acoveredbridgefailed.
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