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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 ...
Carrathool Bridge - Carrathool, New South Wales, across the Murrumbidgee River - the last surviving example of a particular type of bascule lift span [1] Broadwater Bridge, across the Richmond River - built using the renovated bascule span from the demolished Barneys Point Bridge on the Tweed River (New South Wales) , converted from ...
Bascule bridges in the United States (2 C, 118 P) Pages in category "Bascule bridges" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
The Andrew P. McArdle Memorial Bridge is a steel truss bascule bridge over the Chelsea Creek, just upstream of its confluence with the Mystic River and the Tobin Bridge. Also known as the Meridian Street Bridge, it connects Meridian Street in East Boston with Pearl Street in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The bridge is a split rolling bascule, meaning ...
The bridge's total length is 1,568 feet (478 m). [3] When open, the 140-foot (43 m) double-leaf bascule provides 110 feet (34 m) of horizontal clearance for boat traffic. The bascule section is flanked by two 154-foot (47 m) reinforced concrete tied arches, identical to those used in the original Alsea Bay Bridge . [ 3 ]
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.
The bridge is a bascule bridge in a Scherzer rolling lift bridge configuration. The bridge's three spans are steel deck girders; the center span has girders of varying depth while the approach spans have uniform-depth girders. [3] The center bascule span is 70 feet (21 m) long, flanked by two 42-foot-long (13 m) spans. [4]
Pages in category "Bascule bridges in England" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.