List of bascule bridges

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.

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
Selkirk Street Bridge, Sydenham River, Wallaceburg Ontario

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

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

Netherlands

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

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
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
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^[1] 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 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
Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts, a Strauss bascule over the Fort Point Channel^[2]
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
Maple Street Bridge, Manistee, Michigan
Cypress Street Bridge, Manistee, 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
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

References

↑ Dizikes, Cynthia (March 1, 2013). "Crews prepare for intensive surgery on Wells Street Bridge". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
↑ Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MA-38, "Congress Street Bascule Bridge"