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Animation showing the operation of a drawbridge. A drawbridge or draw-bridge is a type of moveable bridge typically at the entrance to a castle or tower surrounded by a moat.In some forms of English, including American English, the word drawbridge commonly refers to all types of moveable bridges, such as bascule bridges, vertical-lift bridges and swing bridges, but this article concerns the ...
A bascule bridge (also referred to as a drawbridge or a lifting bridge) is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances a span, or leaf, throughout its upward swing to provide clearance for boat traffic. It may be single- or double-leafed.
Somerset Drawbridge Somerset Drawbridge center with 32 inch bisected plank opened by hand to allow the passage of sailboat masts. Somerset Bridge is a small bridge in Bermuda connecting Somerset Island with the mainland in the western parish of Sandys, Somerset Bridge is reputedly the smallest working drawbridge in the world.
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 specific type of moveable bridge often found in castles.
Jens Peder Bergensten (born 18 May 1979), known professionally as Jeb, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer.He is best known as the lead designer of Minecraft, [1] [2] [3] and is the chief creative officer of Mojang Studios.
It is a drawbridge with a bascule-type draw span. A new bridge was constructed in 2012 to replace the former span built in 1907. It opened on September 8, 2012. [2] Related construction work finished in June 2013. [1]
The Maryland State Highway Administration will conduct maintenance on the Main Street Drawbridge in downtown Salisbury beginning Sunday. All to know. Downtown Salisbury drawbridge work will impact ...
The bridge opening for barge traffic departing Newtown Creek. Designed by Frederick Zurmuhlen, the Pulaski Bridge is a bascule bridge, a type of drawbridge.Its span crosses Newtown Creek, Long Island Rail Road tracks, and the entrance to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel from south to north.