Bridge

A structure erected over a river, creek, stream, ditch, ravine, or other place to facilitate the passage thereof; including by the term both arches and abutments; Board of Chosen Freebolders of Sussex County v. Strader, 18 N. J. L. 108, 35 Am. Dec. 530; Bardwell v. Town of Jamaica, 15 Vt. 438; Daniels v. Intendent & Wardens of Athens, 55 Ga. 609; and approaches of the length of 180 feet on either side of it; 71 L. T. 430; and the roadway over it; 57 L. J. Q. B. 2S0. The embankment contiguous to a viaduct, designed only for the passage of engines and cars, is not a "bridge," within the statutory meaning of that word; Bri Tu Proprietors v. Land & Improvement Co., 1 Wall. (U. S.) 116, 17 L. Ed. 571.

See Lake v. R. Co., 7 New 294; Whitall v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of Gloucester County, 40