"bowstring bridge" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601",
          "text": "The last crossing, immediately short of Keswick station, is an inverted bowstring girder bridge with a skew span of 120ft.",
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          "ref": "2020 May 20, Paul Bigland, “East London Line's renaissance”, in Rail, page 47",
          "text": "On leaving the station, the line uses a new 'Bowstring' bridge to cross the actual Shoreditch High Street and join the old NLR viaducts to head north to Dalston.",
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        "A tied-arch bridge, which has an upper arch tied to the bridge deck below."
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          "ref": "1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601",
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        "A tied-arch bridge, which has an upper arch tied to the bridge deck below."
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  "word": "bowstring bridge"
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