Floating Bridge
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Permanent floating crossings

These are usually a pontoon bridge
Pontoon bridge
A pontoon bridge or floating bridge is a bridge that floats on water and in which barge- or boat-like pontoons support the bridge deck and its dynamic loads. While pontoon bridges are usually temporary structures, some are used for long periods of time...

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  • Bergøysund Floating Bridge
    Bergsøysund Bridge
    Bergsøysund Bridge is a pontoon bridge that crosses the Bergsøysundet strait between the islands of Aspøya and Bergsøya in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The bridge is long, the longest span is , and the maximum clearance to the sea is . The bridge has 13 spans.Bergsøysund Bridge was opened in...

  • Demerara Harbour Bridge
    Demerara Harbour Bridge
    The Demerara Harbour Bridge is a long floating toll bridge. It was commissioned on 2 July 1978. The bridge crosses the Demerara River south of the Guyanese capital Georgetown, from Peter's Hall, East Bank Demerara to Schoon Ord, West Bank Demerara. There is a pedestrian footwalk. A raised...

  • Dongjin Bridge
    Dongjin Bridge
    The Dongjin Bridge in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, China is a pontoon bridge constructed over the Zhang River and Gong River in the Chinese Song Dynasty...

  • Eastbank Esplanade
    Eastbank Esplanade
    The Eastbank Esplanade is a pedestrian and bicycle path along the east shore of the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States...

  • Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge—Evergreen Point
    Evergreen Point Floating Bridge
    The Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge—Evergreen Point is the longest floating bridge on Earth at and carries State Route 520 across Lake Washington from Seattle to Medina.The Evergreen Point of the bridge's original name is the westernmost of the three small Eastside...

     also known as the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge
  • Floating Bridge, Dubai
    Floating Bridge, Dubai
    Floating Bridge is a pontoon bridge in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It connects Riyadh Road, Dubai Courts and Creek Park on the Bur Dubai side with Baniyas Road, Deira City Centre and the Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club on the Deira side. Floating Bridge is the fifth crossing on Dubai Creek...

  • Galata Bridge
    Galata Bridge
    The Galata Bridge is a bridge that spans the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey. From the end of the 19th century in particular, the bridge has featured in Turkish literature, theater, poetry and novels.-History:...

  • Hobart Bridge
    Hobart Bridge
    The Hobart Bridge was a pontoon bridge that crossed the River Derwent, connecting the eastern and western Shores of the City of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.- History :...

  • Hood Canal Bridge
    Hood Canal Bridge
    The Hood Canal Bridge is a floating bridge located in the U.S. state of Washington that carries Washington State Route 104 across Hood Canal and connects the Olympic and Kitsap Peninsulas. At long, The Hood Canal Bridge (officially William A. Bugge Bridge) is a floating bridge located in the U.S....

  • Howrah Bridge
    Howrah Bridge
    The Howrah Bridge is a cantilever bridge that spans the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it links the city of Howrah to its twin city, Kolkata . On 14 June 1965 it was renamed Rabindra Setu, after Rabindranath...

  • Interstate 90 floating bridge
    Interstate 90 floating bridge
    Interstate 90 floating bridge is the common name for the twin floating bridges that carry Interstate 90 across Lake Washington between Seattle and Mercer Island. They are:...

     which consists of two bridges:
    • Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge
      Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge
      The Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge is a floating bridge that carries the eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 across Lake Washington from Seattle to Mercer Island, Washington. It is the second longest floating bridge on Earth at , whereas the longest is the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge just a few...

      , which carries Interstate 90
      Interstate 90
      Interstate 90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It is the northernmost coast-to-coast interstate, and parallels US 20 for the most part. Its western terminus is in Seattle, at Edgar Martinez Drive S. near Safeco Field and CenturyLink Field, and its eastern terminus is in...

      's eastbound traffic.
    • Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge
      Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge
      The Third Lake Washington Bridge, officially the Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge, is the fifth-longest floating bridge in the world, at 5,811 feet...

      , which carries Interstate 90
      Interstate 90
      Interstate 90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It is the northernmost coast-to-coast interstate, and parallels US 20 for the most part. Its western terminus is in Seattle, at Edgar Martinez Drive S. near Safeco Field and CenturyLink Field, and its eastern terminus is in...

      's westbound traffic and the carpool lanes.
  • Nordhordland Bridge
    Nordhordland Bridge
    The Nordhordland Bridge is a combined cable-stayed and pontoon bridge which crosses Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and Flatøy in Hordaland, Norway. It is long, of which the pontoon section is long. The cable-stayed section consists of a single tall H-pylon which has a length of and a main...

  • Queen Emma Bridge
    Queen Emma Bridge
    The Queen Emma Bridge is a pontoon bridge across St. Anna Bay in Curaçao. It connects the Punda and Otrobanda quarters of the capital city, Willemstad. The bridge is hinged and opens regularly to enable the passage of ocean going vessels. On the opposite end from the hinge is a small shelter where...

  • Sozh Floating Bridge
    Sozh Floating Bridge
    The Sozh Floating Bridge is a pontoon bridge spanning the Sozh River at Korma, Belarus. It was built in 2003-2004, and caries light automobile traffic....

  • Sunset Lake Floating Bridge, Vermont
    Sunset Lake Floating Bridge
    The Sunset Lake Floating Bridge is a floating bridge that spans Sunset Lake in Brookfield, Vermont, United States. The bridge is supported by floating barrels because the lake is too deep for traditional pilings...

  • William R. Bennett Bridge
    William R. Bennett Bridge
    The William R. Bennett Bridge is a bridge in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. Completed on May 25, 2008, the bridge replaced the older Okanagan Lake Bridge built in 1958 to link Downtown Kelowna to West Kelowna across Okanagan Lake as part of Highway 97.On April 21, 2005, premier...

     (replaced Okanagan Lake Bridge
    Okanagan Lake Bridge
    The Okanagan Lake Bridge was a three-lane, 2,100 foot/650 metre-long floating bridge in British Columbia, Canada. It crossed Okanagan Lake, connecting the Westside area to Kelowna on the lake's eastern side. Taller boats such as sailboats were able to pass under the lift span which was located at...

    )

Ferries

A cable ferry
Cable ferry
A cable ferry is guided and in many cases propelled across a river or other larger body of water by cables connected to both shores. They are also called chain ferries, floating bridges, or punts....

, especially one designed by British civil engineer James Meadows Rendel, including:
  • Cowes Floating Bridge
    Cowes Floating Bridge
    The Cowes Floating Bridge is a vehicular chain ferry which crosses the River Medina on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. The ferry crosses the tidal river from East Cowes to Cowes. The first floating bridge between East Cowes and Cowes was established in 1859 and is one of the few...

  • Torpoint Ferry
    Torpoint Ferry
    The Torpoint Ferry is a car and pedestrian chain ferry, connecting the A374 road which crosses the Hamoaze, a stretch of water at the mouth of the River Tamar, between Devonport in Plymouth and Torpoint in Cornwall...

  • Woolston Floating Bridge

Musical instruments

  • A type of bridge (instrument)
    Bridge (instrument)
    A bridge is a device for supporting the strings on a stringed instrument and transmitting the vibration of those strings to some other structural component of the instrument in order to transfer the sound to the surrounding air.- Explanation :...

    : the Fender Jaguar
    Fender Jaguar
    The Fender Jaguar is an electric guitar introduced in 1962. A descendant of the Jazzmaster, the Jaguar quickly caught on in the emerging Surf music scene...

     and Jazzmaster guitars have one, see tremolo arm#Fender floating bridge.
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