Railway bridge legal definition of Railway bridge. Railway bridge synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary.

BRIDGE. A building constructed over a river, creek, or other stream, or ditch or other place, in order to facilitate the passage over the same. 3 Harr. 108.
     2. Bridges are of several kinds, public and private. Public bridges may be divided into, 1st. Those which belong to the public; as state, county, or township bridges, over which all the people have a right to pass, with or without paying toll these are built by public authority at the public expense, either of the state itself, or a district or part of the state.
     3. - 2d. Those which have been built by companies, or at the expense of private individuals, and over Which all the people have a right to pass, on the payment of a toll fixed by law. 3d. Those which have been built by private individuals and which have been dedicated to public uses. 2 East, R. 356; 5 Burr. R. 2594; 2 Bl. R. 685 1 Camp. R. 262, n.; 2 M. & S. 262.
     4. A private bridge is one erected for the use of one or more private persons; such a bridge will not be considered a public bridge, although it may be occasionally used by the public. 12 East, R. 203-4. Vide 7 Pick. R. 844; 11 Pet. R. 539; 7 N. H. Rcp. 59; 1 Pick. R. 432; 4 John. Ch. R. 150.

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Statistics shows that during World War II 4,500 sorties were made and 9,000 air bombs were dropped to destroy the major railway bridge across the wide river. International legal regulation of military space activity by Kurbatov, D.V. / Military Thought From a distance, it looks as though it might be the arch of a railway bridge, especially as you can see through it, the result of low-iron glass providing 90 per cent light transmission. Cool quality: an ingenious greenhouse for Alpine plants required a ... by Finch, Paul / The Architectural Review If the Sault were to rail containers across the border, he says some examination might have to be done of the international railway bridge to determine whether it can accommodate the heavy-axle load freight cars currently in service. Multimodal could work: expert by Ross, Ian / Northern Ontario Business More results

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Statistics shows that during World War II 4,500 sorties were made and 9,000 air bombs were dropped to destroy the major railway bridge across the wide river.

International legal regulation of military space activity by Kurbatov, D.V. / Military Thought

From a distance, it looks as though it might be the arch of a railway bridge, especially as you can see through it, the result of low-iron glass providing 90 per cent light transmission.

Cool quality: an ingenious greenhouse for Alpine plants required a ... by Finch, Paul / The Architectural Review

If the Sault were to rail containers across the border, he says some examination might have to be done of the international railway bridge to determine whether it can accommodate the heavy-axle load freight cars currently in service.

Multimodal could work: expert by Ross, Ian / Northern Ontario Business

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