trestle
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"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
Jake, who built a comfortable space under the railroad trestle, says he gets angry when people steal belongings, but it is still safer there than living on the streets.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2023
Racing by me, without even slowing down he hit the trestle like it was no different from the tracks in Cold Sassy.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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