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    A bascule bridge (also referred to as a drawbridge or a lifting bridge) is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances a span, or...
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    engineer who revolutionized the design of bascule bridges. He was the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. He was born...
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  • A list of bascule bridges by country: Birkenhead Bridge carries traffic across the Port River at Port Adelaide Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge - Port Adelaide...
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    The Mystic River Bascule Bridge is a bascule bridge spanning the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut in the United States. It carries vehicle and foot...
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    the old one, is a bascule bridge. On 6 June 1944, during the Second World War, the bridge was, along with the nearby Ranville Bridge over the Orne River...
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    The Jackknife (or Jack-knife) Bascule Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Kaministiquia River at Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, to link the city to...
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    Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by...
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  • refer to: Bascule bridge, a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances the span in providing clearance for boat traffic Bascule (horse)...
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  • Thumbnail for Vertical-lift bridge
    vertical lift offers several benefits over other movable bridges such as the bascule and swing-span bridges. Generally speaking, they cost less to build for longer...
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    Drawbridge (redirect from Draw bridge)
    commonly refers to all types of moveable bridges, such as bascule bridges, vertical-lift bridges and swing bridges, but this article concerns the narrower...
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  • Thumbnail for Crook Point Bascule Bridge
    The Crook Point Bascule Bridge (or the Seekonk River Drawbridge) is a defunct Scherzer rolling lift railway bridge which spans the Seekonk River, connecting...
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    transportation on the bridge was suspended permanently as the bascule section had weakened significantly due to corrosion. Plans for a bridge to connect to mainland...
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    Drawbridge Bascule bridge Folding bridge Curling bridge Vertical-lift bridge Table bridge Retractable bridge (Thrust bridge) Rolling bascule bridge Submersible...
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  • Thumbnail for Woodrow Wilson Bridge
    The Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, also known as the Woodrow Wilson Bridge or the Wilson Bridge, is a bascule bridge that spans the Potomac River between...
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    The Burnside Bridge is a 1926-built bascule bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, carrying Burnside Street. It is...
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    The Fremont Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge that spans the Fremont Cut in Seattle, Washington. The bridge, which connects Fremont Avenue North and...
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    cargo ship Gyp collided with the bridge; it was repaired and returned to service after 10 months. The bascule bridge was closed in the 1950s and was replaced...
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  • Thumbnail for Kinzie Street Bridge
    The Kinzie Street Bridge is a single-leaf bascule bridge built in 1909 that spans the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States. In April...
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    be (once completed) the largest rolling bascule bridge in the world lifted using hydraulic cylinders. The bridge is planned to be completed and open to...
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    59.941149; 30.308105 Palace Bridge (Russian: Дворцо́вый мост, Dvortsoviy Most), a road- and foot-traffic bascule bridge, spans the Neva River in Saint...
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  • Thumbnail for Robert Craig Memorial Bridge
    The Robert Craig Memorial Bridge is a four-lane, double-leaf bascule bridge that spans the Maumee River approximately one mile downstream from downtown...
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    The Montlake Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge that carries State Route 513 (Montlake Boulevard) over Seattle's Montlake Cut—part of the Lake Washington...
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    Welland Canal (redirect from Homer Bridge)
    crossings of the Welland Canal are either movable bridges (of the vertical lift or bascule bridge types) or tunnels. The maximum permissible length of...
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    Erasmusbrug (redirect from Erasmus Bridge)
    The Erasmusbrug (English: "Erasmus Bridge") is a combined cable-stayed and bascule bridge, construction began in 1986 and was completed in 1996. It crosses...
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    The Spit Bridge, a steel and concrete girder bridge with a bascule lift span across the Middle Harbour, is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north-east of...
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    The Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge is a bascule bridge and Warren truss in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located in the industrial Port Lands...
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    The original 1924 bascule bridge was dismantled and replaced in 1996 by a vertical-lift bridge. The contract for the bascule bridge was placed by The...
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  • Thumbnail for Siuslaw River Bridge
    The Siuslaw River Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Siuslaw River on U.S. Route 101 in Florence, Oregon. It was designed by Conde McCullough, built...
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    Engineering Company). It is a bascule bridge, which is 490 m (1,610 ft) long with a main span of 80 m (260 ft). The deck of the bridge is 42 m (138 ft) wide and...
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  • Thumbnail for Ashtabula lift bridge
    The Ashtabula lift bridge (also known as the West Fifth Street bridge) is a Strauss bascule bridge that carries Ohio State Route 531 over the Ashtabula...
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