List of bascule bridges

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.)

• Birkenhead Bridge carries traffic across the Port River at Port Adelaide.
• Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge - Port Adelaide, South Australia, single leaf basule bridge down river from the Birkenhead Bridge.
• Batemans Bay bridge over Clyde river.
• Spit Bridge - Sydney, Australia - being widened from 4 lanes to 6 lanes in 2007
• Grafton Bridge, New South Wales - Grafton, New South Wales rail lower deck, road upper deck - lift span out of use
• Narooma Bridge - Narooma, New South Wales, still in use in 2005
• Carrathool Bridge - Carrathool, New South Wales, across the Murrumbidgee River - the last surviving example of a particular type of bascule lift span
• Broadwater Bridge, New South Wales, across the Richmond River, New South Wales - built using the renovated bascule span from the demolished Barneys Point Bridge on the Tweed River, New South Wales, converted from counterweight to hydraulic ram lift.

Belgium

Open Boulevard Bridge with the Nijverheid Bridge in the background.

• Berendrecht Bridge, Antwerp, 68m long span across the Berendrecht Lock at Port of Antwerp.
• Oudendijk Bridge, Antwerp, 68m long span across the Berendrecht Lock at Port of Antwerp.
• Zandvliet Bridge, Antwerp, 57m long span across the Zandvliet Lock at Port of Antwerp.
• Frederik Hendrik Bridge, Antwerp, 57m long span across the Zandvliet Lock at Port of Antwerp.
• Van Cauwelaert Bridge, Antwerp, 35m long span across the Van Cauwelaert Lock at Port of Antwerp.
• Kruisschans Bridge, Antwerp, 35m long span across the Van Cauwelaert Lock at Port of Antwerp.
• Wilmarsdonk Bridge, Antwerp, 35m span at Port of Antwerp.
• Farnese Bridge, Beveren, across the Kallo Lock at Port of Antwerp.
• Melsele Bridge, Beveren, across the Kallo Lock at Port of Antwerp.
• Boulevard Bridge(Willebroek), Willebroek, 57m span.
• Nijverheid Bridge, Puurs
• Scheldt Bridge Bornem-Temse, Temse, 50m span.
• Scheldt Bridge Temse-Bornem, Temse, double bascule bridge, span 50m.
• Herders Bridge, Bruges, 25.5m span.
• Dampoort Bridges, Bruges, both spans 20m.
• Boudewijn Bridge, Bruges.
• Zelzate Bridge, Zelzate, double bascule bridge.
• Schuitenier Bridge, Leuven, 12m span.

Canada

• Johnson Street Bridge, across the Victoria Harbour Victoria, British Columbia
• Jackknife Bascule Bridge, over the Kaministiquia River in Thunder Bay, Ontario
• Bridges 1 (Lakeshore Road Bridge), 3A (Carlton Street Bridge), 4 (Homer Bridge [Queenston Road]), 6 (Flight Locks Railway Bridge for Canadian National Railways), 19 (Main Street Bridge [Port Colborne]) and 19A (Mellanby Avenue Bridge) on the Welland Canal. Save for Bridges 3A and 19A, all of these were built during the late 1920s as part of the Fourth Canal expansion project (1913-1932). Bridge 3A was built to replace the original Bridge 3, which was destroyed in an accident. Bridge 19A was constructed in the 1980s to alleviate traffic on Bridge 19 (both bridges lie on either end of Lock 8). Bridge 4 is a twin-leaf, Chicago-type bascule bridge, with its counterweights located under the road deck. All the other bascule bridges on the Welland Canal are single-leaf Rall-type bridges, with counterweights suspended on a frame structure over the roadway.
• La Salle Causeway lift bridge - Kingston, Ontario
• Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge, in Toronto
• Cherry Street lift bridge over the Keating Channel, in Toronto
• CN Bridge, across the Red River, Winnipeg, Manitoba (non functional)
• Murray Street Bridge, Sydenham River, Wallaceburg, Ontario
• Dundas Street Bridge, Sydenham River, Wallaceburg, Ontario
• Lord Selkirk Bridge, Sydenham River, Wallaceburg Ontario^[1]

Croatia

• Osor Bridge in Osor
• Trogir Bridge in Trogir

Denmark

• Guldborgsund Bridge in Guldborg
• Knippelsbro in Copenhagen
• Langebro in Copenhagen
• Jernbanebroen over Limfjorden in Aalborg
• Limfjordsbroen in Aalborg

France

Sadi-Carnot Bridge, Sète, Hérault

• Pegasus Bridge, Ouistreham, Normandy
• 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

• East-Link, Dublin

India

• Pamban Bridge, Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu

Japan

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

• Blue Wing Moji, Kitakyūshū
• Nagahama Ohashi Bridge, Ōzu

Korea

Aerial view of Yeongdo Bridge, Busan

• Yeongdo Bridge, Yeongdo, 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.

• Erasmusbrug, Rotterdam
• Ketelbrug, Flevoland
• Koninginnebrug, Rotterdam
• Magere Brug, Amsterdam
• Nieuwe Amstelbrug, Amsterdam
• Slauerhoffbrug, Leeuwarden
• Spinozabrug, Utrecht
• Torontobrug, Amsterdam
• Van Brienenoordbrug, Rotterdam

New Zealand

• Te Matau ā Pohe, Whangarei
• Wynyard Crossing, Auckland

Norway

• Skansen Bridge, Trondheim

Portugal

• Ponte móvel de Leça

Russia

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

• Volodarsky Bridge in Saint Petersburg
• Finland Railway Bridge in Saint Petersburg
• Alexander Nevsky Bridge in Saint Petersburg
• Peter the Great Bridge in Saint Petersburg
• Liteyny Bridge in Saint Petersburg
• Trinity Bridge in Saint Petersburg
• Palace Bridge in Saint Petersburg
• Blagoveshchensky Bridge in Saint Petersburg
• Exchange Bridge in Saint Petersburg
• Tuchkov Bridge in Saint Petersburg
• Sampsonievsky Bridge in Saint Petersburg
• Grenader Bridge in Saint Petersburg
• Kantemirovsky Bridge in Saint Petersburg

South Africa

• At the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town

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

Spain

• Puente de Deusto, Bilbao
• Puente del Ayuntamiento, Bilbao
• Puente de Alfonso XIII, Seville
• Puente de San Telmo, Seville
• José Leon de Carranza Bridge, Cádiz

Sweden

• Danviksbron, Stockholm

Thailand

• Memorial Bridge, Bangkok
• Krungthep Bridge,Bangkok

Turkey

• Galata Bridge, Istanbul

United Kingdom

• Corporation Bridge, Grimsby
• Bridgwater bascule bridge, Bridgwater, Somerset
• Sutton Road Bridge, Kingston upon Hull
• Drypool Bridge, Kingston upon Hull
• North Bridge, Kingston upon Hull
• Tower Bridge, London
• Renfrew Swing Bridge (misnomer) over River Cart, Renfrew
• Breydon Bridge, Great Yarmouth
• Lowestoft Bascule Bridge, Waveney
• Pero's Bridge, Bristol
• Redcliffe Bascule Bridge, Bristol
• Poole Bridge
• Twin Sails bridge, Poole, Dorset
• Town Bridge, across Weymouth Harbour, Dorset.
• Countess Wear Bascule Bridge, Exeter Canal, Exeter
• River Bann Rail Bridge, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
• King George V Bridge, Keadby
• Walney Bridge, Barrow-in-Furness
• World Heritage Site, Stanley Dock, Liverpool,
• The 'White' Bridge, Carmarthen [Railway Bridge]

United States

(Alphabetical by state)

• Isleton Bridge, near Isleton, California
• Lefty O'Doul Bridge, San Francisco, California
• Mystic River Bascule Bridge, Mystic, Connecticut
• Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge, Bridgeport, Connecticut
• Niantic River Railroad Bridge, East Lyme & Waterford, Connecticut
• Mianus River Railroad Bridge, Greenwich, Connecticut
• Housatonic River Railroad Bridge, Milford & Stratford, Connecticut
• Washington Bridge, US Route 1, Milford & Stratford, Connecticut
• Thames River Railroad Bridge, New London, Connecticut (bascule replaced by lift span 2008)
• Connecticut River Railroad Bridge, Old Saybrook & Old Lyme, Connecticut
• Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge, Westport, Connecticut
• Market Street Bridge, Wilmington, Delaware
• Highway 204 Bridge (or Skidaway Bridge), Isle of Hope, Georgia
• Causton Bluff Bridge, Savannah, Georgia
• Norfolk and Southern train trestle over the Savannah River, Augusta Georgia^[2]
• Various bridges across the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida
• FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge in Jacksonville, Florida
• Various bridges across the Miami River in Miami, Florida
• Almost 40^[3] in Chicago, Illinois, mostly across the Chicago River (and its north branch), but a few crossing the Calumet River. Examples include the following, among others:
  • Deering Bridge over North Branch of the Chicago River
  • Ashland Avenue Bridge over North Branch of the Chicago River
  • Webster Avenue Bridge over North Branch of the Chicago River
  • Cortland Street Bridge over North Branch of the Chicago River
  • Z-6 Railroad Bridge over North Branch of the Chicago River
  • North Avenue Bridge over North Branch of the Chicago River
  • Z-2 Cherry Avenue Railroad Bridge over North Branch of the Chicago River
  • Division Street Bridge over North Branch of the Chicago River
  • North Halsted Street Bridge over North Branch of the Chicago River
  • Chicago Avenue Bridge over North Branch of the Chicago River
  • Ohio Street Bridge over North Branch of the Chicago River
  • Grand Avenue Bridge over North Branch of the Chicago River
  • Kinzie Street Bridge over North Branch of the Chicago River
  • Kinzie Street C&NW Railroad Bridge over North Branch of the Chicago River
  • Franklin-Orleans Avene Bridge over Main Stem of the Chicago River
  • Wells Street Bridge over Main Stem of the Chicago River
  • LaSalle Street Bridge over Main Stem of the Chicago River
  • Clark Street Bridge over Main Stem of the Chicago River
  • Dearborn Street Bridge over Main Stem of the Chicago River
  • State Street Bridge over Main Stem of the Chicago River
  • Wabash Avenue Bridge over Main Stem of the Chicago River
  • Michigan Avenue Bridge over Main Stem of the Chicago River
  • Columbus Drive Bridge over Main Stem of the Chicago River
  • Lake Shore Drive Bridge over Main Stem of the Chicago River
  • Lake Street Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • Randolph Street Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • Washington Avenue Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • Madison Street Bridge (Chicago) over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • Monroe Street Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • Adams Street Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • Jackson Boulevard Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • Van Buren Street Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • Congress Parkway Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • Harrison Street Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • Roosevelt Road Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • B&O Railroad Chicago Terminal Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • St. Charles Air Line Railroad Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • 18th Street Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • Canal Street Railroad Bridge (aka Railroad Bridge #458) over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • Canal Street Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • Cermak Road Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • South Halsted Street Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • Loomis Street Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • Chicago & Alton Railroad Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River
  • Ashland Avenue Bridge over Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal
  • Western Avenue Bridge over Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal
  • 8 Track Railroad Bridge over Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal
  • California Avenue Bridge over Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal
  • Chicago & Illinois Western Railroad Bridge over Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal
  • Chicago Madison & Northern Railroad Bridge over Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal
  • Santa Fe Railroad Bridge over Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal
  • BRC Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge over Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal
  • Cicero Avenue Bridge over Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal
  • Northbound Harlem Avenue Bridge over Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal
  • Southbound Harlem Avenue Bridge over Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal
  • Elgin Joliet & Eastern Railroad Bridge #710 over Calumet River
  • Ewing Avenue Bridge over Calumet River
  • 95th Street Bridge over Calumet River
  • Pittsburgh Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Bridge #1 over Calumet River
  • Pittburgh Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Bridge #2 over Calumet River
  • Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Bridge #1 over Calumet River
  • Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Bridge #2 over Calumet River
  • Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad Bridge over Calumet River
  • 100th Street Bridge over Calumet River
  • 106th Street Bridge over Calumet River
  • Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge over Calumet River
  • Torrence Avenue Bridge over Calumet River
  • Nickel Plate Road Railroad Bridge over Calumet River
  • Abandoned Railroad Bridge over Calumet River
  • Indiana Harbor Belt Bridge over Grand Calumet River
• Six movable bridges are found in Joliet, Illinois-
  • Ruby Street Bridge, [Chicago Style Bascule]
  • Jackson Street Bridge, [Scherzer Rolling Lift Bascule]
  • Cass Street Bridge, [Scherzer Rolling Lift Bascule]
  • Jefferson Street Bridge, [Scherzer Rolling Lift Bascule]
  • McDonough Street Bridge, [Scherzer Rolling Lift Bascule]
  • Brandon Road Bridge, [Rail Height Bascule]
• Joe Page Bridge over Illinois River, Calhoun County, Illinois
• Franklin Street Bridge, Michigan City, Indiana
• St. Claude Avenue Bridge, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Maestri Bridge, between New Orleans, Louisiana and Slidell, Louisiana
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway on Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana.
• Million Dollar Bridge (Maine), Portland, Maine (demolished, replaced by next entry)
• Casco Bay Bridge, Portland, Maine
• Knapp's Narrows Drawbridge, Tilghman Island, Maryland
• Commuter Rail Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts
• Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts, a Strauss bascule over the Fort Point Channel^[4]
• Brightman Street Bridge, Fall River, Massachusetts
• Independence Bridge, Bay City, Michigan
• Lafayette Avenue Bridge, Bay City, Michigan
• Liberty Bridge, Bay City, Michigan
• Veterans Memorial Bridge, Bay City, Michigan
• Bicentennial Bridge connecting Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, Michigan
• Blossomland Bridge connecting Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, Michigan
• US 31–Island Lake Outlet Bridge, Charlevoix, Michigan
• Cheboygan Bascule Bridge, Cheboygan, Michigan
• US-31 Bascule Bridge spanning the Grand River connecting Grand Haven and Spring Lake
• Maple Street Bridge, Manistee, Michigan
• Cypress Street Bridge, Manistee, Michigan
• Pere Marquette Railroad Bridge, Port Huron, Michigan
• Bascule Bridge, John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
• Ferry Street Bridge, Buffalo, New York
• Bruckner Boulevard and Expressway (I-278), Bronx, New York City, New York. (With separate northbound and southbound spans for the boulevard and for I-278, this "bridge" is in reality four double-leaf bascule bridges.).
• Pelham Bay Railroad Bridge, Bronx, New York City, New York
• Pelham Bridge, Bronx, New York City, New York
• Col. Patrick O'Rorke Bridge in Rochester, New York
• Alfred Cunningham Memorial Bridge, New Bern, North Carolina
• Pasquotank River Bridge, Elizabeth City, North Carolina
• CSX Transportation Bridge, Wilmington, North Carolina
• Ashtabula lift bridge, Ashtabula, Ohio
• Charles Berry Bridge, Lorain, Ohio
• Port Clinton Lift Bridge, Port Clinton, Ohio
• Craig Memorial Bridge, Toledo, Ohio
• Lewis and Clark River Bridge, near Astoria, Oregon
• Old Youngs Bay Bridge, Astoria, Oregon
• Siuslaw River Bridge, Florence, Oregon
• Broadway Bridge, Portland, Oregon
• Burnside Bridge, Portland, Oregon
• Morrison Bridge, Portland, Oregon
• Passyunk Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Tacony–Palmyra Bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• University Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Crook Point Bascule Bridge, Providence, Rhode Island
• Washington Bridge, Providence, Rhode Island
• Wappoo Creek Bridge, James Island, South Carolina
• John Ross Bridge (Commonly called Market Street Bridge), Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• Berkley Bridge, Norfolk, Virginia
• First Avenue South Bridge, Seattle, Washington
• Montlake Bridge, Seattle, Washington
• University Bridge, Seattle, Washington
• Fremont Bridge, Seattle, Washington
• Ballard Bridge, Seattle, Washington
• Salmon Bay Bridge, Seattle, Washington
• Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge, Green Bay, Wisconsin
• Main Street Bridge, Racine, Wisconsin
• Sturgeon Bay Bridge (Michigan Street Bridge), Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
• Arlington Memorial Bridge, Virginia – Washington D.C.
• Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Alexandria, Virginia – Washington, D.C. - Prince George's County, Maryland

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