gantry
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Among the items destined for the scrap heap is the gantry, which once sheltered Soyuz rockets from the tropical weather.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Two lanes were closed and the overhead gantry warned of a 50mph speed limit on the near-empty motorway.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
In partnership with architects like Benjamin Albertson and Rad Studio, the robotic gantry system can produce more free-form designs than traditional construction, with tight curves, circles and other elements.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
For four days, Hallam and more than three dozen other activists climbed a gantry and thereby blocked traffic in London’s critically important M25 motorway.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2024
I could just imagine him high on a gantry, lying on his back like Michelangelo, working with a wrench on the fuel lines of one of his rockets.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
He passed under 14 motorway gantries, but not one carried a red warning 'X' signal of an obstruction ahead.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
In November 2022, 45 JSO members climbed gantries around the M25 severely disrupting traffic for over four days.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025
The outage also made it impossible to change the signals in overhead gantries to close lanes with a red 'X' sign where a hazard had been detected.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2023
Over the last four days, its activists have climbed gantries above the highway, forcing it to close in several places.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
Ladders, gantries, beams, and walkways crossed the gloom above, with small figures moving about them purposefully.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
