Bascule bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A bascule bridge is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances the span, or "leaf," throughout the entire upward swing in providing clearance for boat traffic. Bascule is a ...
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Mystic River Bascule Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mystic River Bascule Bridge is a bascule bridge, a type of drawbridge with counterweights, that spans the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut in the United States. The bridge was built in 1922 b...
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bascule bridge ( ′ba′skül ′brij ) ( civil engineering ) A movable bridge consisting primarily of a cantilever span extending across a channel; it ... Sci-Tech Dictionary: bascule bridge...
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Michigan Department of Transportation - August 19, 2005 - - The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has created an emergency detour route for motorists on US-31 at the Bascule Bridge in Grand Haven. ... MDOT establishes US-31/Bascule Bridge emergency detour route...
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This is the first of four leafs that will make up the new Brightman Street bridge, a double bascule bridge. It began its voyage to Fall River on Monday, July 20, setting sail via barge from Palatka, Fla. It’s due to arrive in Fall River this coming Monday and promises to be quite the spectacle.
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Bascule bridges have counterbalance weights positioned either in the deck or in overhead balance frames (as shown) to assist in the lifting operation of the deck. The bridge shown consists of a moveable deck (C-D), tie rods (A-D), a balance frame including counterweights (A-B ... Home | Bridge Pictures | Bascule Bridges...
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Although the bascule bridge has been in use since ancient times, it was not until the 1850s that engineers developed the ability to move very long, heavy spans quickly enough for practical application. The Blagoveshchensky Bridge across the Neva in Saint Petersburg...
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The Charles Berry Bascule Bridge ... The Erie Avenue Bridge was built in the late 1930's and opened for traffic in the fall of 1940. At the time of its construction it was the largest Bascule Bridge in the world. ... Also at this time there was a new maintenance building built for the bridge. In 1999 the bridge was...
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a device operating like a balance or seesaw, esp. an arrangement of a movable bridge (bascule bridge) by which the rising floor or section is counterbalanced by a weight ... Who created the bas...
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