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girder

[gur-der] / ˈgɜr dər /
NOUN
main support beam
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Masonry, metal girders and piles of sand are everywhere along the pavements.

From Barron's

Beneath the girders of the city’s bridge across the Euphrates, three 18-year-olds return home from school for lunch.

From Seattle Times

Beneath the iron girders of the city’s bridge across the Euphrates, three 18-year-olds are returning home from school for lunch.

From Seattle Times

The lumbering machine rolled off a flatbed truck and positioned itself to begin clearing splintered sheets of plywood, charred beams, mangled sheets of metal, twisted girders, chicken wire and slabs of plaster.

From Los Angeles Times

All of Highway 520 across Lake Washington will close this weekend to drivers and cyclists as Washington State Department of Transportation crews install girders across the road for a new bike and pedestrian bridge.

From Seattle Times