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 road bascule
Mary MacKillop Bridge - Port Adelaide, South Australia, single leaf rail bascule
Batemans Bay Bridge, Batemans Bay, New South Wales, over the Clyde River - replaced by new bridge in 2021
Spit Bridge - Sydney
Grafton Bridge (New South Wales) - Grafton, New South Wales rail lower deck, road upper deck - lift span out of use
Narooma Bridge - Narooma, still in use in 2023
Carrathool Bridge - Carrathool, New South Wales, across the Murrumbidgee River - the last surviving example of a particular type of bascule lift span^[1]
Broadwater Bridge, across the Richmond River - 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.
Bridge on Franklin Wharf, Constitution Dock, Hobart
Marina Bridge - Bridge over Auckland Creek, on Bryan Jordan Dr, West Gladstone

Belgium

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

Canada

Barra Strait Bridge, crossing the Barra Strait of Bras d'Or Lake in Nova Scotia
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. CORRECTION: Bridges 1, 3, 4, 6E, 6W, 19, and 19A are all Scherzer type rolling lift bridges, as were Bridges 7 and 9.
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^[2]
King George VI lift Bridge, Kettle Creek, Port Stanley, Ontario^[3]
Canadian National Railway, over Rideau Canal, Abbott Street, Smiths Falls, Ontario (National Historic Site)

China

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

Croatia

Osor Bridge in Osor
Trogir Bridge in Trogir

Denmark

Aggersund Bridge across the Aggersund
Egernsund Bridge across the Egernsund
Frederik IX Bridge across the Guldborgsund in Nykøbing Falster
Guldborgsund Bridge across the Guldborgsund in Guldborg
Knippelsbro across the Inner Harbour in Copenhagen
Langebro across the Inner Harbour in Copenhagen
Limfjordsbroen across the Limfjord in Aalborg
Jernbanebroen over Limfjorden across the Limfjord in Aalborg
Masnedsund Bridge across the Masnedsund in Vordingborg
Oddesund Bridge across the Oddesund

Finland

Lauttasaari bridge in Helsinki, connecting the island of Lauttasaari to the mainland

France

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
Bascule bridge Kidderpore Kolkata (Calcutta), 127 years old.
Bascule bridge at Kochi, Kerala

Indonesia

Batu Rusa II Bridge, Merawang, Bangka

Japan

Blue Wing Moji, Kitakyūshū
Nagahama Ohashi Bridge, Ōzu

Korea

Yeongdo Bridge, Yeongdo, Busan

Malaysia

Kuala Terengganu Drawbridge, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu

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

Erasmusbrug, Rotterdam
Ketelbrug, Flevoland
Koninginnebrug, Rotterdam
Koningin Julianabrug (Alphen aan den Rijn)
Magere Brug, Amsterdam
Nieuwe Amstelbrug, Amsterdam
Overtoomse Sluis, Amsterdam (bridge no. 199)
Scharrebiersluis, Amsterdam
nl:Schinkelbrug, Amsterdam (bridge no. 176P, consisting of 5 parallel bridges for road, rail, and metro)
Slauerhoffbrug, Leeuwarden
Spinozabrug, Utrecht
nl:Brug 360, (Théophile de Bockbrug)
Torontobrug, Amsterdam
Van Brienenoordbrug, Rotterdam
nl:Westerkeersluis, Amsterdam (brug 346)
Berlagebrug, Amsterdam

New Zealand

Te Matau ā Pohe, Whangārei
Wynyard Crossing, Auckland

Norway

Tønsberg Canal Bridge, Tønsberg, Vestfold

Portugal

Ponte móvel de Leça

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

Spain

Sweden

Danviksbron, Stockholm
Skansbron, Stockholm
Liljeholmsbron, Stockholm
Klaffbron, Malmö
Järnvägsbron (järnvägen Herrljunga-Uddevalla) Vänersborg

Thailand

Memorial Bridge, Bangkok
Krungthep Bridge, Bangkok

Turkey

Galata Bridge, Istanbul

United Kingdom

Egerton Bridge, Birkenhead, Wirral
Duke Street Bridge, Birkenhead Wirral
Tower Road Bridge, Birkenhead, Wirral
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
Tower Bridge in London is one of the most famous bascule bridges in the world.
White Cart Bridge, popularly called the Renfrew Swing Bridge (misnomer) over River Cart, Renfrew
Breydon Bridge, Great Yarmouth
Haven Bridge, Great Yarmouth
Lowestoft Bascule Bridge, Waveney
Gull Wing Bridge, Lowestoft (due for completion 2023)
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
Stanley Dock, Liverpool
Shadwell Basin Bridge, Shadwell, London
Greenland Dock Bridge, Rotherhithe, London
Surrey Basin Bridge, Rotherhithe, London
The "White" Bridge, Carmarthen [Railway Bridge]
Bann Bridge, Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Michaelson Road Bridge

United States

(Alphabetical by state)

Isleton Bridge, near Isleton, California
Lefty O'Doul Bridge, San Francisco, California
Park Street Bridge, Oakland, California
High Street Bridge, Oakland, 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)
Amtrak Old Saybrook–Old Lyme 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^[4]
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^[5] 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
- 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 Avenue 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 Boulevard 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
- 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
- Pittsburgh 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
- 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
Hanover Street Bridge, Baltimore, Maryland
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^[6]
Brightman Street Bridge, Fall River, Massachusetts
Veterans Memorial Bridge, Fall River, Massachusetts
Eel Pond Bridge, Woods Hole, 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
Dyckman Avenue Bridge, spanning the Black River, South Haven, Michigan
CN Ranier Bridge, Rainy River, Ranier, Minnesota
Bascule Bridge, John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
Bascule Bridge, Pascagoula River, Mississippi
Neil Underwood Bridge, Hampton, New Hampshire
Ferry Street Bridge, Buffalo, New York^[7]
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^[8]
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
South 8th Street Bridge, Sheboygan, Wisconsin (single leaf)
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

^ "Heritage and Conservation Register".
^ "Lord Selkirk Bridge (McNaughton Avenue Bridge) - HistoricBridges.org".
^ "Heritage Port Home page".
^ "NS Savannah River Bridge at Augusta". railga.com. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
^ 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"
^ "Ferry Street Lift Bridge".
^ "Pasquotank River Bridge". Archived from the original on 2006-04-29. Retrieved 2006-03-17.

[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.

[chicagotrib2013-5] 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.

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