pontoon bridge

noun

: a bridge that floats on the water and is held up by large hollow containers filled with air (called pontoons)

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No bridge crossed the Ohio River yet, so barges were strapped together for a makeshift pontoon bridge to reach Kentucky. —

Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 28 Jan. 2024 Prior to the war, Russia’s intention to advance via this road could be seen by the building of a pontoon bridge to ford a river on the Belarussian side of the border across from Chernobyl. —

Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 3 May 2023 Associated Press journalists near Bakhmut on Saturday saw a pontoon bridge set up by Ukrainian soldiers to help the few remaining residents reach the nearby village of Khromove. —

Arkansas Online, 6 Mar. 2023 At least one attempt in the Luhansk region failed when Ukrainian forces destroyed the pontoon bridge Russia was trying to use. —

Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2023

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