balance-bridge love

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A bridge in which the overhang beyond an abutment is counterbalanced either by means of heavy weights connected with it by chains running over pulleys, or by a portion of the roadway which extends backward from the abutment. See bascule-bridge.

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