trestle

Example Sentences

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"It was waiter service when it first started and everyone came and sat at long trestle tables and they were served their pie and It took time when it was busy," Linda says.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024

The transportation department declared an emergency to replace the trestle and has been granted permits needed for the work, Matkin said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

The railroad crosses sensitive marine ecosystems over a swing bridge over the Swinomish Channel and a trestle across Padilla Bay within the reservation.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2023

Some folks drove RVs and trailers into the huge space next to an old railroad trestle that was used decades ago to move boxcars between the port and the main rail yard.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2023

I was just fixing to get up and wade across when I chanced to look up at the train trestle.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns