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There are 16 moveable bridges used for tuning and support.

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The strings pass over a moveable bridge and are gathered at the tail like a mandolin.

As with most moveable bridges on railway lines, Bridge 15 was protected by interlocking.

In 1866 the internal structure of the bridge, which allowed it to open and close (moveable bridge) stopped working.

When the trains aren't running, five moveable bridges open for boats, barges and military vessels.

The first moveable bridge was constructed across the main stem at Dearborn Street in 1834.

A drawbridge is a type of moveable bridge.

It was the second moveable bridge on the site, replacing an iron swing bridge built in 1877.

A table bridge is a moveable bridge in which the deck moves along the vertical axis.

There are even instruments with moveable bridges such as the Japanese koto which has a separate bridge for each string.

The span is a Scherzer rolling-lift bascule, a type of moveable bridge.

It is also the last of the combination railroad/automobile moveable bridges to carry both types of traffic.

A moveable bridge is a bridge that moves to allow passage (usually) for boats or barges.

As this type requires no counterweights the complete weight is significantly reduced as compared to other moveable bridges.

Bridge signals are small signals used to display the orientation of a moveable bridge.

The Federal Railroad Administration promised to inspect all of the country's estimated 200 moveable bridges by year's end.

There is a moveable bridge, a variable number of drones and hidden sympathetic strings, all of which can also effect the sound.

A rigid overhead rail may also be used in places where tensioning the wires is impractical, for example on moveable bridges.

At the association's urging, Amtrak has placed clocks on its moveable bridges that inform boats when to expect a bridge opening.

Ten brick gates served as entrances and passages through defensive lines and were equipped with moveable bridges.

It is one of eight moveable bridges on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor route through Connecticut.

Crinan Canal has 15 locks and is crossed by 7 bridges, 6 swing bridges and a moveable bridge.

A tilt bridge is a type of moveable bridge which rotates about fixed endpoints rather than lifting or bending, as with a drawbridge.

The guqin is not to be confused with the guzheng, another Chinese long zither also without frets, but with moveable bridges under each string.

The agency is evaluating all of the city's 25 movable bridges.

At first I thought the movable bridge section too deeply rooted by time to yield.

The keep was once accessed by a movable bridge from the gatehouse to the first floor.

They will not diminish its function as a movable bridge or the historic status of the structure.

Nyk escorted her through a movable bridge and they took their seats.

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People love to watch the bridge in action, especially because its working parts, unlike those of many movable bridges, are clearly visible, not hidden underwater.

The movable bridges still employ tenders and open daily for maritime traffic.

The movable bridge allows waterborne traffic to easily pass, which was crucial to the area's economy at the time.

The committee reported in April 1993, suggesting a movable bridge was the best option, over a tunnel or ferries.

It is often a monochord furnished with movable bridges.

A folding bridge is a type of movable bridge.

They are the most common type of movable bridge in existence because they open quickly and require relatively little energy to operate.

No details of the bridge have survived, but the levels suggest that it was probably a movable bridge.

Several formerly movable bridges have since been replaced with fixed bridges.

He was the author of articles on subjects like movable bridges and the early development of regional shopping centers.

A movable bridge, a pont-tournant, was placed at the west end over the moat, to make access to the garden easier.

Jetway - a movable bridge that carries pedestrians from a terminal to an aircraft.

They have 13 strings that are strung over 13 movable bridges along the width of the instrument.

Rolling bridge may be applied to several distinct types of movable bridge:

There is a movable bridge over the Aa at Gravelines to allow navigation of the river.

The string is fixed at both ends while one or many movable bridges are manipulated to demonstrate mathematical relationships between sounds.

On the soundboard, anjok (movable bridges) support the strings.

Ships dock at the pier and unload their cargoes on the floating ice, which is connected to land by a movable bridge.

The bridge is one of the few movable bridges that remain in the Interstate Highway System.