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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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ).
The bridge is also known as The Jack-Knife because of its unusual method of opening. [1] Designed by Joseph Strauss and completed in 1911, this bridge is one of the first heel trunnion bascule bridges built in the United States and originally formed part of the Erie Railroad's main line. [1] [2]
The Broadway Bridge is a Rall-type bascule bridge spanning the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, built in 1913. It was Portland's first bascule bridge, and it continues to hold the distinction of being the longest span of its bascule design type in the world. [3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in ...