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trestle

[tres-uhl] / ˈtrɛs əl /


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Winding through the Black Hills is the George S. Mickelson Trail, a 109-mile converted railroad bed with rock tunnels and more than 100 trestle bridges.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

"It was waiter service when it first started and everyone came and sat at long trestle tables and they were served their pie and It took time when it was busy," Linda says.

From BBC Feb. 19, 2024

Commodities are being rerouted to trucks while the trestle is out of commission.

From Seattle Times Sep. 7, 2023

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 Mar. 23, 2023

On the davenport in yonder I hadn’t even wanted to think about what happened on the trestle, but with Grandpa I didn’t feel like that.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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