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An international bridge is a structure that provides transportation across borders. Tourists and cross-border commuters travelling between countries often use these bridges. [1] Such bridges also facilitate international trade. [2] Below is a list of international bridges in North America:
Vertical lift bridges in the United States (1 C, 34 P) Pages in category "Moveable bridges in the United States" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Category:Lists of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places; Category:Lists of river crossings in the United States; Other topics. Transport in the United States; Rail transportation in the United States; High-speed rail in the United States; Commuter rail in North America; Numbered highways in the United States; Geography of the ...
A moveable bridge, or movable bridge, is a bridge that moves to allow passage for boats [1] or barges. [2] In American English, the term is synonymous with drawbridge , and the latter is the common term, but drawbridge can be limited to the narrower, historical definition used in some other forms of English, in which drawbridge refers to only a ...
This moveable bridge is a lift bridge with the middle section capable of being lifted from its low point of four feet clearance over the water to a clearance of 100 feet (30 m) to allow boats to pass underneath. The bridge is the world's heaviest and widest double-decked vertical-lift bridge. [6]
The bridge opened in 1959, replacing a swing bridge built in 1927. Originally known as the Lady’s Island Bridge, it was renamed in 1971 in honor of Richard V. Woods, a local S.C. Highway Patrol ...
Park Avenue Bridge – New York City bridge with twin 340-foot (100 m) spans, which replaced a swing bridge in 1956, carrying all Metro-North lines operating out of Grand Central Terminal. PATH Lift Bridge – Carries Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) tracks over Hackensack River between Kearny and Jersey City, New Jersey, built in 1900.
In American English, the term drawbridge refers to any type of movable/moveable bridge. This category includes both functioning drawbridges and ones whose draw span is no longer able to open. This category includes both functioning drawbridges and ones whose draw span is no longer able to open.