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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.
Maestri Bridge; Main Street Bridge (Racine, Wisconsin) Market Street Bridge (Chattanooga) Market Street Bridge (Passaic River) Martin Luther King Bridge (Toledo, Ohio) Mianus River Railroad Bridge; Million Dollar Bridge (Maine) Montlake Bridge; Morgan Draw; Morrison Bridge; Mystic Bridge Historic District; Mystic River Bascule Bridge
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Monroe Street Extant Simple trunnion bascule: 1919 1987 West Monroe Street South Branch of Chicago River: Chicago: Cook: IL-54: Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Outer Drive: Extant Simple trunnion bascule
A bascule is a counterbalanced structure (i.e. a lever) having one end that rises as the other lowers. It may also refer to: Bascule bridge, a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances the span in providing clearance for boat traffic; Bascule (horse), the arc a horse's body takes as it goes over a jump
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.
Completed in 1925 by the Florida East Coast Railway, this structure replaced a single-track swing bridge which opened on January 5, 1890. The current structure is a simple truss bridge with plate girder approaches and a bascule lift allowing ships to pass. It is adjacent to the Acosta Bridge. A 1992 map of the FEC bridge (adjacent to the Acosta ...
The central section of the Magere Brug is a bascule bridge made of white-painted wood. The present bridge was built in 1934. The first bridge at this site was built in 1691 as Kerkstraatbrug and had 13 arches. Because this bridge was very narrow, the locals called it magere brug, which literally means "skinny bridge". In 1871 the state of the ...