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List of bascule bridges

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A list of bascule bridges by country:

Australia

The Grafton Bridge, New South Wales over the Clarence River showing the Bascule span lifted to let shipping through. (Postcard from about 1932; The "Southern Cross" aeroplane has been added to the photograph.)

Belgium

Open Boulevard Bridge with the Nijverheid Bridge in the background.

Canada

Croatia

Denmark

France

Sadi-Carnot Bridge, Sète, Hérault

Germany

  • Bascule bridge, Potshausen, Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Wolgast-Usedom Bridge, Wolgast, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
  • Wiecker Bridge, Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
  • Lindaunis Bridge, Boren, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Ireland

India

Japan

Blue Wing Moji with Shimonoseki Port in foreground at the Moji-ko Retro District, Kitakyūshū

Korea

Aerial view of Yeongdo Bridge, Busan

Netherlands

Note that in Dutch basculebrug only refers to bascule bridges that have their counterweight rigidly connected to the bridge deck. If there is a hinged connection, it's referred to as ophaalbrug (literally "drawbridge"). This list lists both.

New Zealand

Norway

Portugal

Russia

Night view of Palace Bridge is one of the most familiar images of the Northern capital of Russia

South Africa

Swing bridge in foreground with bascule bridge in background at Victoria & Alfred Waterfront.

Spain

Sweden

Thailand

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States

(Alphabetical by state)

References

  1. ^ http://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=ontario/selkirk/
  2. ^ "NS Savannah River Bridge at Augusta". railga.com. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  3. ^ Dizikes, Cynthia (March 1, 2013). "Crews prepare for intensive surgery on Wells Street Bridge". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  4. ^ Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MA-38, "Congress Street Bascule Bridge"