: a horizontal main structural member (as in a building or bridge) that supports vertical loads and that consists of a single piece or of more than one piece bound together
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Railway builders erect a box girder at the site of the standard project in front of the Huning section of the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hefei high-speed railway in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, on January 10, 2025.
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Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
Fire investigators estimated that the fire under the bridge reached at least 2,000 degrees when the steel girders began to melt.
—Mike Schell, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
More:Daniel Carter Beard Bridge repairs expected to take until March
A factory in Bowling Green, Kentucky is making new girders for the bridge which are expected to arrive by Jan. 13.
—Mike Schell, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
Then, crews can install the girders and begin work on a new concrete deck.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
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Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
Fire investigators estimated that the fire under the bridge reached at least 2,000 degrees when the steel girders began to melt.
—Mike Schell, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
More:Daniel Carter Beard Bridge repairs expected to take until March
A factory in Bowling Green, Kentucky is making new girders for the bridge which are expected to arrive by Jan. 13.
—Mike Schell, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
Then, crews can install the girders and begin work on a new concrete deck.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Girder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/girder. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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girder
noun
gird·er
ˈgərd-ər 
: a horizontal main supporting beam
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