鉄橋(てっきょう)

てっきょう
noun
railway bridge; iron bridge
1. railway bridge; iron bridge
A bridge made of iron or steel, especially one designed to carry railway tracks. Also used for any metal bridge.
電車(でんしゃ)が鉄橋(てっきょう)を渡(わた)っている。
A train is crossing the railway bridge.
この鉄橋(てっきょう)は百年(ひゃくねん)以上前(いじょうまえ)に造(つく)られた。
This iron bridge was built over a hundred years ago.
大(おお)きな鉄橋(てっきょう)の上(うえ)を貨物(かもつ)列車(れっしゃ)が轟音(ごうおん)を立(た)てて通過(つうか)した。
A freight train passed over the large railway bridge with a thundering roar.

USAGE:
鉄橋(てっきょう) typically refers to a bridge carrying railway tracks, though it can mean any bridge made of iron or steel. It often evokes images of classic industrial-era infrastructure.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 鉄橋(てっきょう)を渡(わた)る (to cross a railway bridge)
  • 鉄橋(てっきょう)の上(うえ)を走(はし)る (to run across a bridge)
  • 鉄橋(てっきょう)を架(か)ける (to build a bridge)

RELATED WORDS:

  • 橋(はし): bridge (general)
  • 陸橋(りっきょう): overpass, footbridge
  • 石橋(いしばし): stone bridge
  • 吊(つ)り橋(ばし): suspension bridge
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