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footbridge

UK/ˈfʊtˌbɹɪd͡ʒ/US/ˈfʊtˌbɹɪd͡ʒ/
nounB1+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,680 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: footbridges

A footbridge is a narrow bridge for people on foot. Cross the footbridge, a wooden footbridge, the footbridge over the railway.

It can be much lighter than a road bridge, which is why footbridges are where the adventurous engineering happens: suspension, cable-stayed and swaying spans that no lorry could ever use.

Bridges to Prosperity · CC BY-SA 3.0

Definitions of footbridge

  1. 1nounfootbridgeA narrow bridge for people on foot.B1+

    “A wooden footbridge crosses the stream at the bottom of the garden.”

footbridge is a bridge.

Where it comes from

Middle English fot-brigge is foot plus bridge.

  1. Middle English

    fot-brigge

  2. English, today

    footbridge

From Middle English fot-brigge, equivalent to foot + bridge.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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footbridge in the wild

  • In 2004 a footbridge was opened beneath the southern span, carrying the Thames Path under the bridge.

    Chelsea Bridge

  • At high tide the sluice gates are raised and partly hidden behind metal arches forming twin footbridges.

    Richmond Lock and Footbridge

  • In some cases, a footbridge can be both functional and artistic.

    Footbridge

  • An enclosed footbridge between two buildings is sometimes known as a skyway.

    Footbridge

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.