Trestle bridge
type: Thing
different from: Truss bridge
label: Ponte a cavalletto @it
label: トレッスル橋 @ja
label: Trestel @in
label: Trestle-Brücke @de
label: Puente de caballetes @es
label: Pont à tréteaux @fr
subject: Category:Trestle bridges
subject: Category:Bridges by structural type
description: Tipo de puente @es
description: most lub wiadukt składający się z krótkich przęseł podtrzymywanych przez sztywną konstrukcję wsporczą @pl
description: bridge of short spans supported by rigid frames
description: Brücke in Gerüstbauweise, v.a. in Nordamerika verbreitet @de
movable: No
carries: Passenger rail terminology
design: Low
ancestor names: Beam bridge
ancestor names: Clapper bridge
falsework: No
span range: Short
type name: Trestle
sibling names: None
image title: Trestles are useful as approaches to bridges over marshes and shallows.
material: Lumber
material: Iron
material: Reinforced concrete
material: Prestressed concrete
material: Steel
descendent names: Viaduct