Pedestrian, bicycle, automobile, truck, light rail, heavy rail
Span range
Short
Material
Steel
Movable
Yes
Design effort
Medium
Falsework required
Site and prefabrication specific
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.
The name comes from the French term for balance scale, which employs the same principle. Bascule bridges are the most common type of movable span because they open quickly and require relatively little energy to operate, while providing the possibility for unlimited vertical clearance for marine traffic.
A basculebridge (also referred to as a drawbridge or a lifting bridge) is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances a span, or...
A list of basculebridges by country: Birkenhead Bridge carries traffic across the Port River at Port Adelaide Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge - Port Adelaide...
the old one, is a basculebridge. On 6 June 1944, during the Second World War, the bridge was, along with the nearby Ranville Bridge over the Orne River...
The Mystic River BasculeBridge is a basculebridge spanning the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut in the United States. It carries vehicle and foot...
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by...
The Crook Point BasculeBridge (or the Seekonk River Drawbridge) is a defunct Scherzer rolling lift railway bridge which spans the Seekonk River, connecting...
commonly refers to all types of moveable bridges, such as basculebridges, vertical-lift bridges and swing bridges, but this article concerns the narrower...
The Jackknife (or Jack-knife) BasculeBridge is a basculebridge that spans the Kaministiquia River at Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, to link the city to...
transportation on the bridge was suspended permanently as the bascule section had weakened significantly due to corrosion. Plans for a bridge to connect to mainland...
The Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, also known as the Woodrow Wilson Bridge or the Wilson Bridge, is a basculebridge that spans the Potomac River between...
refer to: Basculebridge, a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances the span in providing clearance for boat traffic Bascule (horse)...
be (once completed) the largest rolling basculebridge in the world lifted using hydraulic cylinders. The bridge is planned to be completed and open to...
59.941149; 30.308105 Palace Bridge (Russian: Дворцо́вый мост, Dvortsoviy Most), a road- and foot-traffic basculebridge, spans the Neva River in Saint...
The Kinzie Street Bridge is a single-leaf basculebridge built in 1909 that spans the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States. In April...
cargo ship Gyp collided with the bridge; it was repaired and returned to service after 10 months. The basculebridge was closed in the 1950s and was replaced...
The Erasmusbrug (English: "Erasmus Bridge") is a combined cable-stayed and basculebridge, construction began in 1986 and was completed in 1996. It crosses...
The Montlake Bridge is a double-leaf basculebridge that carries State Route 513 (Montlake Boulevard) over Seattle's Montlake Cut—part of the Lake Washington...
The Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion BasculeBridge is a basculebridge and Warren truss in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located in the industrial Port Lands...
The Spit Bridge, a steel and concrete girder bridge with a bascule lift span across the Middle Harbour, is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north-east of...
Street) in Brooklyn. Designed by Frederick Zurmuhlen, the Pulaski Bridge is a basculebridge, a type of drawbridge. Its span crosses Newtown Creek, Long Island...
crossings of the Welland Canal are either movable bridges (of the vertical lift or basculebridge types) or tunnels. The maximum permissible length of...
The Burnside Bridge is a 1926-built basculebridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, carrying Burnside Street. It is...
The Siuslaw River Bridge is a basculebridge that spans the Siuslaw River on U.S. Route 101 in Florence, Oregon. It was designed by Conde McCullough, built...
The FEC Strauss Trunnion BasculeBridge is a double track railroad bridge spanning the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. Completed in 1925 by the...
Engineering Company). It is a basculebridge, which is 490 m (1,610 ft) long with a main span of 80 m (260 ft). The deck of the bridge is 42 m (138 ft) wide and...
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