bridge strike

English

Noun

bridge strike (plural bridge strikes)

  1. An instance of a vehicle or ship colliding with a bridge; most strikes by vehicles are by those which are too high to pass under a low overbridge.
    • 2019 October 23, Rail, page 18:
      Transport for London is providing detailed information on height restrictions on tunnels and bridges in the capital, in a bid to reduce the number of bridge strikes. [...] TfL is affected by at least two bridge strikes a month.
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