trestle

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The railroad crosses sensitive marine ecosystems over a swing bridge over the Swinomish Channel, near the site of last week’s wreck; and a trestle across Padilla Bay within the reservation.

From Seattle Times

One day Will decides to venture out on a railroad trestle high above his fishing creek.

From Seattle Times

The only way to safety was to hide out in a smaller tunnel on the other side of a burning trestle.

From Washington Post

The last puzzle I had tackled, as I recall, was a scene from the old American West of a locomotive puffing across a ravine on a wooden trestle bridge.

From Washington Post

The locomotive had hurtled off the tracks at a trestle over I-5 near DuPont, Pierce County, landing sideways on the freeway and then bouncing upright, where paramedics found Brown slumped over the console.

From Seattle Times