List of bascule bridges

Summary

A list of bascule bridges by country:

Australia edit

 
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.)

Belgium edit

 
Open Boulevard Bridge with the Nijverheid Bridge in the background

Canada edit

China edit

  • Haihe Moveable Bridge [zh], across Hai River in Tianjin
  • Jiefang Bridge (Tianjin) [zh]

Croatia edit

Denmark edit

 
Open Langebro Bridge in Copenhagen

Finland edit

 
The Lauttasaari bridge

France edit

 
Sadi-Carnot Bridge, Sète, Hérault

Germany edit

  • 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 edit

India edit

Indonesia edit

  • Batu Rusa II Bridge, Merawang, Bangka

Japan edit

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

Korea edit

 
Aerial view of Yeongdo Bridge, Busan

Malaysia edit

Netherlands edit

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, and is incomplete as there are many such bridges in the Netherlands.

New Zealand edit

Norway edit

 
Tønsberg Canal Bridge, Tønsberg, Vestfold

Portugal edit

  • Ponte móvel de Leça

Russia edit

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

South Africa edit

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

Spain edit

Sweden edit

Thailand edit

Turkey edit

United Kingdom edit

 
Pero's Bridge is a bascule bridge over Bristol Harbour. The two horns are counterweights to assist with opening.

United States edit

(Alphabetical by state)

References edit

  1. ^ "Heritage and Conservation Register".
  2. ^ "Lord Selkirk Bridge (McNaughton Avenue Bridge) - HistoricBridges.org".
  3. ^ "Heritage Port Home page".
  4. ^ "NS Savannah River Bridge at Augusta". railga.com. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  5. ^ Dizikes, Cynthia (March 1, 2013). "Crews prepare for intensive surgery on Wells Street Bridge". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  6. ^ Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MA-38, "Congress Street Bascule Bridge"
  7. ^ "Ferry Street Lift Bridge".
  8. ^ "Pasquotank River Bridge". Archived from the original on 2006-04-29. Retrieved 2006-03-17.