What and where are floating bridges?
Floating bridges, also called “pontoon bridges”, are bridges that literally float on the water, having been built long and somewhat flexible to account for displacement (see http://www.brantacan.co.uk/pontoon.htm for an overview of how they work). They are located in various locations throughout the world, notably in the Seattle, WA, U.S. area (including along I-90) – see http://www.structurae.net/en/structures/stype/s1051.cfm for a partial listing ( http://www.phenry.org/wsh/i90.html has information on some of the Seattle bridges). Oct 16, 2003 12.12 Q: What is the name of the area between a road and an adjacent sidewalk? A: This has one of many names depending on the region: Berm, boulevard, boulevard strip, city strip, devil strip, grassplot, lawn strip, long acre, nature strip, neutral ground, parking, parking strip, parkway, planting strip, side strip, terrace, tree belt, tree lawn, verge. See http://www.bartleby.com/61/47/P0074750.html and http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fx
