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The FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge is a double track railroad bridge spanning the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. Completed in 1925 by the Florida East Coast Railway , this structure replaced a single-track swing bridge which opened on January 5, 1890.
Strauss was the designer of the Burnside Bridge (1926) in Portland, Oregon, and the Lewis and Clark Bridge (1930) over the Columbia River between Longview, Washington, and Rainier, Oregon. Strauss also worked with the Dominion Bridge Company in building the Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge (1931) in Toronto, Ontario.
The center span of the old Acosta Bridge in 1987 with the FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge immediately behind and the old Fuller Warren Bridge in the distance. Coordinates 30°19′17″N 81°39′50″W / 30.3214°N 81.6639°W / 30.3214; -81
Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge; J. Jackknife Bascule Bridge; Johnson Street Bridge This page was last edited on 19 September 2024, at 22:13 (UTC). ...
FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge; First Avenue South Bridge; Francis P. Whitehair Bridge; Fremont Bridge (Seattle) Fuller Warren Bridge; G. Galveston Causeway;
Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge; G. Golden Gate Bridge; L. Lewis and Clark Bridge (Columbia River) S. Skansen Bridge
A $6.3 million repair project for the bascule bridge in Charlevoix is set to begin on Oct. 30, with construction expected to last until May.
The Chicago bascule name derives from the location where it is widely used, and is a refinement by Joseph Strauss of the fixed-trunnion. [2] The rolling lift trunnion (sometimes a "Scherzer" rolling lift), raises the span by rolling on a track resembling a rocking-chair base. The "Scherzer" rolling lift is a refinement patented in 1893 by ...