- 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...
-
engineer who
revolutionized the
design of
bascule bridges. He was the
chief engineer of the
Golden Gate
Bridge in San Francisco, California. He was born...
-
Tower Bridge is a
Grade I
listed combined bascule, suspension, and,
until 1960,
cantilever bridge in London,
built between 1886 and 1894,
designed by...
- A list of
bascule bridges by country:
Birkenhead Bridge carries traffic across the Port
River at Port
Adelaide Tom 'Diver'
Derrick Bridge - Port Adelaide...
- 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...
- The
Jackknife (or Jack-knife)
Bascule Bridge is a
bascule bridge that
spans the
Kaministiquia River at
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, to link the city to...
- the old one, is a
bascule bridge. On 6 June 1944,
during the
Second World War, the
bridge was,
along with the
nearby Ranville Bridge over the Orne River...
- that
opened in 1926,
replacing a
bascule bridge from 1904
which su****ded the
original swing bridge from 1887. The
bridge served the main line of the CNJ...
- Gull Wing
Bridge is a
rolling bascule bridge that
spans Lake
Lothing in the town of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, and is the
largest bridge of its kind...
-
vertical lift
offers several benefits over
other movable bridges such as the
bascule and swing-span
bridges.
Generally speaking, they cost less to
build for longer...
