Bayonne Bridge
- proper noun
- /beɪˈjoʊn brɪdʒ/
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Puente Bayonne
- The Bayonne Bridge was closed for maintenance over the weekend.
Examples
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Construction crews worked to raise the roadway of the Bayonne Bridge for larger ships to pass underneath.
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Many commuters use the Bayonne Bridge to travel between New Jersey and Staten Island.
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The Bayonne Bridge is a stunning piece of architecture.
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Have you ever driven across the Bayonne Bridge?
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The Bayonne Bridge is a stunning steel arch bridge connecting Bayonne, New Jersey, to Staten Island, New York.
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Visitors often take photos of the Bayonne Bridge as it spans the Kill Van Kull waterway.
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After the construction of the Bayonne Bridge, travel between New Jersey and Staten Island became much more convenient.
Synonyms
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1.0
A structure built across water, like a river, to carry people or vehicles
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3.8
A bridge built of steel with its main support shaped like an arch
Surface Forms
Morphology
Bayonne + bridge
This is a straightforward place-name + common noun combination: if a learner knows 'bridge' and recognises Bayonne as a place name (or understands proper nouns mark locations), they can infer it denotes a bridge associated with Bayonne. The meaning is purely compositional and non-idiomatic, following a cross-linguistically common naming pattern, so it is immediately understandable to B1 learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
Bayonne Bridge is named after the city of Bayonne in New Jersey; it was built to carry people and cars over the water to Staten Island, so the name simply shows which place the bridge connects.