footbridge

noun foot·bridge \ ˈfu̇t-ˌbrij \

|Updated on: 12 Jun 2018

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Definition of footbridge

: a bridge for pedestrians

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Examples of footbridge in a Sentence

We built a wooden footbridge over the creek.

Recent Examples of footbridge from the Web

The only way to access the area, located some 80km (50 miles) east of the capital, is via a wire footbridge and a narrow dirt path.

— rojita adhikari, CNN, "Pro-life activists target rural Nepali women," 8 June 2018
Just above the fall a plank footbridge crossed the river.

— peter rock, New York Times, "On the Unsettling Allure of ‘Watership Down’," 15 May 2018
The Greenbelt through the Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial is open although the 8th Street footbridge over the Boise River is closed for about two weeks.

— katherine jones, idahostatesman, "8th Street footbridge closes temporarily to allow for addition to Anne Frank Memorial | Idaho Statesman," 8 May 2018
Maybe because of that uncommon congeniality, the sight of one of the neighborhood boys one Saturday about four years ago, standing alone on a footbridge over the rush of nearby Horn Pond Brook by a narrow fringe of woods, was all the more alarming.

— laura crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, "On the street where he lived, fear grew slowly," 3 Mar. 2018
Earlier this year an internal footbridge in the Jakarta Stock Exchange caved in, injuring over 70 people.

— The Economist, "Indonesia’s leader, Jokowi, is splurging on infrastructure," 5 May 2018
Another striking moment came when Kim and Moon chatted while strolling slowly to a footbridge in Panmunjom, where a rusty signboard marking the military demarcation line stands.

— Washington Post, "Summit offers South Koreans rare insight into Kim Jong Un," 28 Apr. 2018
The two leaders made their way to a footbridge, which was recently repainted sky blue -- the same color as that of the Korean Unification Flag as well as the United Nations Flag -- and talked for around 30 minutes.

— euan mckirdy, CNN, "When Kim met Moon: All the key moments from a historic day," 27 Apr. 2018
In addition to volunteers raking along fence lines, building picnic tables and footbridges, and removing tree branches and rubble from the old zoo, kayakers were in the island’s waterways working to get rid of litter in the water.

— omar abdel-baqui, Detroit Free Press, "Why 1,000 volunteers came to Belle Isle today," 21 Apr. 2018

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