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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 made the first ...
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dictionary.reference.com/browse/bascule+bridge
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A moveable bridge is a bridge that moves to allow passage for boats or barges. By making the bridge moveable it may be made low, ... was the first large bascule bridge, opened in 1850. Since then, all bridges across the Neva and other major rivers in the city (21 in total) were bascule to facilitate navigation,
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www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Bascule_bridge
www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Bascule_bridge
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The first bridge of this type (the New Haven's Cape Cod Canal bridge) had been built in 1910, so this was a very new advance in bridge design. Paul Mallery, in his Bridge and Trestle Handbook, says that the FEC's Bascule Truss was the heaviest yet built for a Strauss Bascule at the time of construction.
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4. Which do you think we will see first: A cure for cancer, or a cure ... I'm not particularly thrilled with Google Maps, which tend to add a lot of overhead to a website, but the old mapping system was getting too difficult to keep up-to-date with all of the new bridge additions and changes made each day. ... Bascule (466)
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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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www.heraldnews.com/homepage/x1641093867/Coming-to-a-riv...
www.heraldnews.com/homepage/x1641093867/Coming-to-a-river-near-you-A-bascule-bridge
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Here is an image, I made, showing live (people) loads, 50 lbs/sq.ft, ... The last design, this one created at the last minute, is the moderated arch that officials said is similar to the first arch design but the most like the original bridge. Officials said No. 6 appears to be the favorite amongst the meeting attendees.
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www.acceleratedbridgeconstruction.com/
www.acceleratedbridgeconstruction.com/
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Broadway Bridge (Portland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Broadway Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, U.S. It was the first bascule bridge built in Portland and the longest in the world at the time of its co...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_Bridge_(Portland)
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Lyric Opera Bridge Madison Street Over South Branch Chicago River Chicago: Cook County, Illinois Metal Riveted Pratt Combination Truss, Movable: Bascule 1922 By: Unknown The first bascule bridge in Chicago to raise the deck trusses above the deck slightly to act as guardrails. Metropolitan Elevated Railroad Bridge ;
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www.historicbridges.org/b_c_il_cook.htm
www.historicbridges.org/b_c_il_cook.htm
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Gapers Block - A site about Chicago, IL. ... A complex system of counterweights, gears and electric motors, operated by a bridge tender, raise the leaves upwards and away from the center of the river. The first trunnion bascule bridge in the United States was completed in 1902 at Cortland Street, and it is still there today.
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