girder
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Last week, the final girder was installed on the crossing, completing the foundation and marking a construction milestone.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024
The girder was part of a project to build elevated highways in the city.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023
People can watch this weekend’s girder placement on WSDOT’s construction camera, which updates every 10 minutes, the department said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
They can also penetrate materials that x-rays cannot, enabling researchers to image the interiors of big objects such as a running engine or a steel girder.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 2, 2021
I follow a girder diagonally across the screen so I don’t have to look at him.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
Starting in 2023, they tore out its center and moved steel girders until they resembled Swiss cheese.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Masonry, metal girders and piles of sand are everywhere along the pavements.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
Men looking out over the city from balconies or gazing at it through the crisscrossed steel girders of a bridge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025
The final box girders were swung into place at the end of 1963, covered in the Union Flag and Lion Rampant to mark the occasion.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2024
She moved past one of the thick steel girders that supported the roof.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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