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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 ...
Bridge 4 is a twin-leaf, Chicago-type bascule bridge, with its counterweights located under the road deck. All the other bascule bridges on the Welland Canal are single-leaf Rall-type bridges, with counterweights suspended on a frame structure over the roadway.
During its construction, the Erie Avenue Bridge (as it was formerly called) was the largest bascule bridge in the world. [1] and is now considered to be the second-largest. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) agreed in 1989 to cover funding for the bridge which saves Lorain county nearly half a million US dollars per year.
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 bascule bridge is the largest and heaviest in Western Europe and has the largest panel of its type in the world. After costing more than 165 million Euros to construct, the bridge was officially opened by Queen Beatrix on September 6, 1996. [5] Shortly after the bridge opened to traffic in October 1996, it was discovered the bridge would ...
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 traffic directly into the tourist district of town via 33 ft-wide (10 m) Main Street ( U.S. Route 1 ).
Bascule bridges in New York (state) (14 P) Pages in category "Bascule bridges in the United States" The following 118 pages are in this category, out of 118 total.
Port Dundas bascule bridge is a bridge on the Forth and Clyde canal in Glasgow, Scotland. The bridge is a Category B listed building and is part of the Port Dundas basin which has been a scheduled monument since 1999. [1] [2] The bridge was constructed in the early 19th century and is now the last operational Bascule bridge on the canal. It ...