1792 J. Phillips 365 This is called an accommodation bridge. It hangs by large hooks and eyes, or hinges, and is worked up and down with ease, by means of the balance poles.
1819 A. Rees VI. at Canal For occupation, or accommodation bridges..a kind of swing or swivel bridge has..been adopted.
1954 (B.S.I.) 24 Accommodation bridge, a bridge serving an accommodation road.
1992 S. Hall 80/2 It was necessary to construct accommodation bridges and level crossings, which frequently merely give access from a field at one side of the railway to another field at the other side.