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girder

[gur-der] / ˈgɜr dər /
NOUN
main support beam
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The girder was part of a project to build elevated highways in the city.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2023

All three bridge spans have been outfitted with 24-hour measuring devices, plus closed-circuit cameras within the girder sections where cracks formed in the 2010s.

From Seattle Times Sep. 17, 2022

The rise of white collar work in downtown L.A. — and the invention of elevators and steel girder construction — also contributed to skyline development at the turn of the century, Deverell said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 26, 2022

They can also penetrate materials that x-rays cannot, enabling researchers to image the interiors of big objects such as a running engine or a steel girder.

From Science Magazine Nov. 2, 2021

She peered at the girder, waiting for the little falcons to thrust up their heads.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Ms. Ando, one of more than 30 artists and city officials whom the authors spoke to, decided on steel girders nearly three stories tall that had fallen from the top of Tower Two.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Masonry, metal girders and piles of sand are everywhere along the pavements.

From Barron's Nov. 24, 2025

A short while later, in the shade of the metal girders, the Director of the Railway Authority's Construction Preparation Department Pavel Paidar shook his head in disagreement.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2025

Crews will be installing steel girders — long boxes of reinforced concrete — over the freeway in order to build the vegetated bridge, according to Caltrans.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 11, 2024

I looked up at the black girders of the huge bridge and saw a figure scamper precariously from perch to perch.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya




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