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Bascule

A Bascule bridge, a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances the span, or "leaf," throughout the entire upward swing in providing clearance for boat traffic.


Cherry Street Bridge

Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge, a bascule bridge and Warren truss in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cherry Street lift bridge, a bascule lift bridge on Cherry Street, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

East Washington Avenue Bridge

The East Washington Avenue Bridge was a movable Strauss underneath-counter weight deck-girder bascule bridge in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Friedrich Voss

Besides the viaducts over the Kiel Canal, Voss designed numeral other bridges, for example the Rendsburg Swing Bridge over the Kiel Canal that was closed 1961, a road bridge over the Eider at Friedrichstadt as well as a bascule bridge over the Eider at Lexfähre, a bascule bridge in Duisburg, a combined road and railroad bridge over the Rethe in Hamburg and a bridge over the Rhine in Krefeld-Uerdingen.

Lions Bridge

Bridge of Lions, a bascule bridge in St. Augustine, Florida, United States

The Garden That Tilts

The Garden That Tilts (French: Le Jardin qui bascule) is a 1974 French drama film directed by Guy Gilles.


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