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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.
FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge in Jacksonville, Florida; Various bridges across the Miami River in Miami, Florida; Almost 40 [5] in Chicago, Illinois, mostly across the Chicago River (and its north branch), but a few crossing the Calumet River. Examples include the following, among others: Deering Bridge over North Branch of the Chicago River
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.
FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge; First Avenue South Bridge; Francis P. Whitehair Bridge; Fremont Bridge (Seattle) Fuller Warren Bridge; G. Galveston Causeway;
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). ...
Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge; G. Golden Gate Bridge; L. Lewis and Clark Bridge (Columbia River) S. Skansen Bridge
There are three types of bascule bridge [1] and the counterweights to the span may be located above or below the bridge deck. The fixed-trunnion (sometimes a "Chicago" bascule) rotates around a large axle that raises the span(s). The Chicago bascule name derives from the location where it is widely used, and is a refinement by Joseph Strauss of ...