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Pont Gustave-Flaubert – crossing the Seine at Rouen, this lift bridge is the highest vertical-lift bridge in Europe, [citation needed] allowing ships up to 55 m tall to pass under it. It is 670 m long, with a span of 116 metres [3]. A striking design feature, the two road sections are mounted outside the central towers.
A vertical-lift bridge or just lift bridge is a type of movable bridge in which a span rises vertically while remaining parallel with the deck. The 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 moveable spans. [1]
The bridge is a lift bridge with a bridge span of 120 m (390 ft) and a total height of 86 m (282 ft). [1] It is the third tallest building in Rouen, after Rouen Cathedral and the Archives Tower . The air draft (clearance) is 7 m (23 ft) when the deck is down, which still allows the passage of barges and smaller craft.
Vertical lift bridges in the United States by state or territory (10 C) Pages in category "Vertical lift bridges in the United States" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
Brio (stylized BRIO) is a wooden toy company founded in Sweden. The company was founded in the small town of Boalt, Scania , Götaland in 1884 by basket maker Ivar Bengtsson. [ 1 ] For a long time the company was based in Osby , Scania, in southern Sweden.
The largest crane on the East Coast will soon try to lift the treacherous, colossal wreckage that has hampered search crews from finding victims of this week’s catastrophic Baltimore bridge ...
Vertical lift bridges in the United States (1 C, 34 P) Pages in category "Vertical lift bridges" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The bridge is the world's heaviest and widest double-decked vertical-lift bridge. [6] More than 35,000 tons of concrete and 7,000 tons of steel went into the bridge, which replaced the narrow 54-year-old swing bridge, declared a menace to navigation on the busy Keweenaw Waterway.