A list of

bascule bridge A bascule bridge (also referred to as a drawbridge or a lifting bridge) is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances a span, or leaf, throughout its upward swing to provide clearance for boat traffic. It may be single- o ...

s by country:

Australia

* Birkenhead Bridge carries traffic across the

Port River The Port River (officially known as the Port Adelaide River) is part of a tidal estuary located north of the Adelaide city centre in the Australian state of South Australia. It has been used as a shipping channel since the beginning of European ...

at Port Adelaide *

Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge The Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge, commonly referred to as the 'Diver' Derrick Bridge, is an opening single-leaf bascule road bridge over the Port River, Port Adelaide, in South Australia. It opened on 1 August 2008. It is located between Docks ...

- Port Adelaide,

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

, single leaf road bascule *

Mary MacKillop Bridge The Mary MacKillop Bridge is a bascule bridge in Adelaide, Australia that carries the Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line over the Port River. In July 2005, Abigroup was awarded a contract to build a railway bridge and the adjoining Tom 'Diver' ...

- Port Adelaide,

, single leaf rail bascule *

Batemans Bay Batemans Bay is a town on the South Coast region of the state of New South Wales, Australia. Batemans Bay is administered by the Eurobodalla Shire council. The town is situated on the shores of an estuary formed where the Clyde River meets th ...

Bridge,

, New South Wales, over the Clyde River *

Spit Bridge Spit may refer to: Common uses * Spit (archaeology), a term for a unit of archaeological excavation * Spit (landform), a section of land that extends into a body of water * Spit or rotisserie, a rotating device used for cooking by roasting over ...

- Sydney *

Grafton Bridge (New South Wales) The Grafton Bridge is a heritage-listed bascule truss bridge that carries the Bent Street (formerly Summerland Way) and North Coast railway line across the Clarence River in Grafton, New South Wales, Australia. The bridge links the Grafton ce ...

- Grafton, New South Wales rail lower deck, road upper deck - lift span out of use * Narooma Bridge - Narooma, still in use in 2005 *

Carrathool Bridge The Murrumbidgee River bridge, Carrathool is a heritage-listed road bridge that, until its closure in 2019, carried Carrathool Road across the Murrumbidgee River in Carrathool, New South Wales, Australia. The bridge is owned by Transport for NSW ...

Carrathool Carrathool is a village in the western Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, in Carrathool Shire. In , Carrathool had a population of 296 people. It is about north of the Sturt Highway between Darlington Point Darlington Point is a ...

, New South Wales, across the

Murrumbidgee River The Murrumbidgee River () is a major tributary of the Murray River within the Murray–Darling basin and the second longest river in Australia. It flows through the Australian state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, desce ...

- the last surviving example of a particular type of bascule lift span * Broadwater Bridge, across the

Richmond River The Richmond River is a river situated in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The river rises at the northern end of the Richmond Range, near its junction with the McPherson Range, on the Queensl ...

- built using the renovated bascule span from the demolished Barneys Point Bridge on the

Tweed River (New South Wales) The Tweed River is a river situated in the Northern Rivers district of New South Wales, Australia. From the middle reaches of its course, the state boundary between New South Wales and Queensland is located approximately north. The river ris ...

, converted from counterweight to hydraulic ram lift. * Bridge on Franklin Wharf,

Constitution Dock Constitution Dock is the harbour-side dock area of Hobart, the capital city of the Australian state of Tasmania, in the Port of Hobart, on the Derwent River. The dock is adjacent to other Hobart landmark areas, Victoria Dock, Salamanca Pl ...

, 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 The Port of Antwerp-Bruges is the port of the City of Antwerp. It is located in Flanders (Belgium), mainly in the province of Antwerp but also partially in the province of East Flanders. It is a seaport in the heart of Europe accessible to ...

* Oudendijk Bridge, Antwerp, 68 m long span across the Berendrecht Lock at

* Zandvliet Bridge, Antwerp, 57 m long span across the Zandvliet Lock at

* Frederik Hendrik Bridge, Antwerp, 57 m long span across the Zandvliet Lock at

* Van Cauwelaert Bridge, Antwerp, 35 m long span across the Van Cauwelaert Lock at

* Kruisschans Bridge, Antwerp, 35 m long span across the Van Cauwelaert Lock at

* Wilmarsdonk Bridge, Antwerp, 35 m span at

* Farnese Bridge,

Beveren Beveren () is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders which comprises the towns of Beveren, Doel, Haasdonk, Kallo, Kieldrecht, Melsele, Verrebroek and Vrasene. The port of the Waasland (Dutch: ''Waaslandhaven'') is in Beveren ...

, across the Kallo Lock at

* Melsele Bridge,

, across the Kallo Lock at

* Boulevard Bridge (Willebroek),

Willebroek Willebroek (, old spelling: ''Willebroeck'') is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of , Heindonk, , Klein Willebroek, and Willebroek proper. In 2021, Willebroek had a total population ...

, 57 m span * Nijverheid Bridge,

Puurs Puurs () is a former municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. It is located in the Flemish Region. The municipality comprised the towns of Breendonk, Liezele, , Ruisbroek (old spelling: ''Ruysbroeck'') and Puurs proper. There is ...

* Scheldt Bridge Bornem-Temse,

Temse Temse (; french: Tamise ) is a municipality in East Flanders, Belgium. The name Temse is derived from the Gallo-Roman/Gaul Tamisiacum or Tamasiacum. This is also reflected in the French name for the town, Tamise. The main sights include the Ch ...

, 50 m span * Scheldt Bridge Temse-Bornem,

, double bascule bridge, span 50m * Herders Bridge,

Bruges Bruges ( , nl, Brugge ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the country by population. The area of the whole city a ...

, 25.5 m span * Dampoort Bridges,

, both spans 20 m * Boudewijn Bridge,

* Zelzate Bridge,

Zelzate Zelzate () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality only comprises the town of Zelzate proper. In 2021, Zelzate had a total population of 13,124. The total area is 13.71 km2. Zelzate is divided in ...

, double bascule bridge * Schuitenier Bridge, Leuven, 12 m span

Canada

* Barra Strait Bridge, crossing the Barra Strait of

Bras d'Or Lake Bras d'Or Lake ( Mi'kmawi'simk: Pitupaq) is an irregular estuary in the centre of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. It has a connection to the open sea, and is tidal. It also has inflows of fresh water from rivers, making the brackis ...

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

Johnson Street Bridge Four known bridges have spanned the narrows between the Inner Harbour and Upper Harbour of Victoria, British Columbia, connecting Johnson Street on the east shore with Esquimalt Road on the west shore. The current bridge is Canada's largest sin ...

, across the

Victoria Harbour Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north. The harbour's deep, sheltered waters and strategic location on South China Sea were instrumental in ...

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

Jackknife Bascule Bridge The Jackknife (or Jack-knife) Bascule Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Kaministiquia River at Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, to link the city to Mission Island, one of two islands in the Kaministiquia River delta. The bridge was built by t ...

, over the

Kaministiquia River The Kaministiquia River is a river which flows into western Lake Superior at the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. ''Kaministiquia'' (''Gaa-ministigweyaa'') is an Ojibwe word meaning "where a stream flows in island" due to two large islands (McKellar ...

Thunder Bay Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario; its population i ...

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...

* Bridges 1 (Lakeshore Road Bridge), 3A (Carlton Street Bridge), 4 (Homer Bridge ueenston Road, 6 (Flight Locks Railway Bridge for Canadian National Railways), 19 (Main Street Bridge ort Colborne and 19A (Mellanby Avenue Bridge) on the

Welland Canal The Welland Canal is a ship canal in Ontario, Canada, connecting Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. It forms a key section of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes Waterway. Traversing the Niagara Peninsula from Port Weller in St. Catharines ...

. 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 The La Salle Causeway is a causeway that allows Highway 2 to cross the Cataraqui River (the southern entrance of the Rideau Canal) at Kingston, Ontario. The causeway separates Kingston's inner and outer harbours. Construction of the causeway was ...

lift bridge - Kingston,

Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge The Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge is a bascule bridge and Warren truss in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located in the industrial Port Lands area, it carries Cherry Street over the Toronto Harbour Ship Channel and opens to allow ship ...

, in

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...

Cherry Street lift bridge over the Keating Channel The Cherry Street lift bridge over the Keating Channel is the smaller of two bascule lift bridges on Cherry Street, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The bridge spans the canalized mouth of the Don River where it empties into Toronto Harbour. It ...

, in

* 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 * King George VI lift Bridge, Kettle Creek, Port Stanley, Ontario * Canadian National Railway, over Rideau Canal, Abbott Street, Smiths Falls, Ontario (National Historic Site)

China

* , across

Hai River The Hai River (海河, lit. "Sea River"), also known as the Peiho, ("White River"), or Hai Ho, is a Chinese river connecting Beijing to Tianjin and the Bohai Sea. The Hai River at Tianjin is formed by the confluence of five watercourses: the ...

in Tianjin *

Croatia

* Osor Bridge in Osor * Trogir Bridge in

Trogir Trogir (; historically known as Traù (from Dalmatian language, Dalmatian, Venetian language, Venetian and Italian language, Italian: ); la, Tragurium; Greek language, Ancient Greek: Τραγύριον, ''Tragyrion'' or Τραγούριον, '' ...

Denmark

Guldborgsund Bridge The Guldborgsund bridge ( da, Guldborgbroen) spans the northern end of the Guldborgsund, between the islands of Lolland and Falster in Denmark. The bridge consists of two steel arched spans with a 30m central opening section having two rising ba ...

Guldborg Guldborg is a fishing village spanning the islands of Falster and Lolland in Denmark. It belongs to Guldborgsund Municipality, in Region Zealand. In 2022 the village had a population of 536, with about 500 living on the Lolland side.

Knippelsbro Knippelsbro (English: Knippel Bridge) is a bascule bridge across the Inner Harbour of Copenhagen, Denmark, connecting Børsgade (English: Stock Exchange Street) on Zealand-side Slotsholmen to Torvegade (English: Market Street) on Christianshavn. ...

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

Langebro Langebro (literally "Long Bridge") is a bascule bridge across the Inner Harbour of Copenhagen, Denmark, connecting Zealandside H. C. Andersens Boulevard to Amagerside Amager Boulevard. It is one of only two bridges to carry motor vehicles across ...

Jernbanebroen over Limfjorden The Limfjord Railway Bridge ( da, Jernbanebroen over Limfjorden) is a railway bridge carrying the Vendsyssel railway line across the Limfjord, a shallow sound separating the North Jutlandic Island from the rest of the Jutland Peninsula, between ...

in Aalborg *

Limfjordsbroen Limfjordsbroen is a Danish bridge which connects Nørresundby and Aalborg over Limfjord The Limfjord ( common Danish: ''Limfjorden'' , in north Jutlandish dialect: ''Æ Limfjord'') is a shallow part of the sea, located in Denmark where it ha ...

in Aalborg

Finland

Lauttasaari bridge The Lauttasaari bridge (Finnish language, Finnish: ''Lauttasaaren silta'', Swedish language, Swedish: ''Drumsö bro'') is a bridge in Helsinki, Finland, over the Lauttasaarensalmi strait. The bridge connects the island of Lauttasaari to mainland H ...

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

, connecting the island of

Lauttasaari Lauttasaari (; sv, Drumsö) is an island in Helsinki, Finland, about west of the city centre. Together with some surrounding unpopulated small islands, Lauttasaari is also a district of Helsinki. With 23,226 residents as of 2017, the island is F ...

to the mainland

France

Pegasus Bridge Pegasus Bridge, originally called the Bénouville Bridge after the neighbouring village, is a road crossing over the Caen Canal, between Caen and Ouistreham in Normandy. The original bridge, built in 1934, is now a war memorial and is the cent ...

Ouistreham Ouistreham () is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy region in northwestern France. Ouistreham is a small port with fishing boats, leisure craft and a ferry harbour. It serves as the port of the city of Caen. The town borders the ...

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

* Sadi-Carnot Bridge, Sète,

Hérault Hérault (; oc, Erau, ) is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault River, its prefecture is Montpellier. It had a population of 1,175,623 in 2019.Wolgast Wolgast (; csb, Wòłogòszcz) is a town in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the bank of the river (or strait) Peenestrom, vis-a-vis the island of Usedom on the Baltic coast that can b ...

, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany * Wiecker Bridge,

Greifswald Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (german: Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rosto ...

, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany * Lindaunis Bridge, Boren, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Ireland

* East-Link,

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...

India

* Pamban Bridge,

Rameswaram Rameswaram (; also transliterated as Ramesvaram, Rameshwaram) is a municipality in the Ramanathapuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is on Pamban Island separated from mainland India by the Pamban channel and is about 40 kil ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

* 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 Yeongdo District is a '' gu'' in Busan, South Korea. The ''gu'' itself is limited to Yeong-do (''Yeong Island'') located on the south edge of central Busan. It attained the status of ''gu'' in 1957. The Korea Maritime and Ocean University and t ...

Busan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, ...

Malaysia

Kuala Terengganu Drawbridge Kuala Terengganu Drawbridge (Malay: ''Jambatan Angkat Kuala Terengganu'', Jawi: جمبتن اڠكت كوالا ترڠڬانو) is a bascule bridge (commonly referred to as a 'drawbridge') in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia, which crosses th ...

Kuala Terengganu , image_seal = Seal of Kuala Terengganu City Council.png , image_flag = Flag of Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu.svg , image_skyline = , image_caption = From top, left to right:The Crystal Mos ...

Terengganu Terengganu (; Terengganu Malay: ''Tranung'', Jawi: ), formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu, is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, ''Dāru l- Īmān'' ("Abode of Faith" ...

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 The Erasmusbrug (English: "Erasmus Bridge") is a combined cable-stayed and bascule bridge, construction began in 1986 and was completed in 1996. It crosses the Nieuwe Maas in the centre of Rotterdam, connecting the north and south parts of this ci ...

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...

* Ketelbrug, Flevoland * Koninginnebrug, Rotterdam * Koningin Julianabrug (Alphen aan den Rijn) * Magere Brug,

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

* 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 Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Stadsfries dialects, Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in Fri ...

* Spinozabrug,

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...

* :nl:Brug 360, (Théophile de Bockbrug) * Torontobrug, Amsterdam *

Van Brienenoordbrug The Van Brienenoord Bridge (Dutch: ''Van Brienenoordbrug'') is a large twin tied-arch motorway bridge in the Netherlands. Located at the east side of Rotterdam, it crosses the New Meuse (''Nieuwe Maas''), a major distributary of the river Rhine. ...

, Rotterdam * :nl:Westerkeersluis, Amsterdam (brug 346)

New Zealand

* Te Matau ā Pohe, Whangarei *

Wynyard Crossing Wynyard Crossing (also known as Te Wero Bridge) is a modern double bascule bridge, bascule pedestrian and cyclists' bridge built in 2011 in Auckland, New Zealand. It connects the redeveloped Wynyard Quarter with Te Wero Island and the existin ...

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...

Norway

Skansen Bridge The Skansen Bridge ( no, Skansen jernbanebro) is a 52-meter span bascule railway bridge located at Skansen in Trondheim, Norway. History The bridge was opened on March 22, 1918, allowing trains on the Dovre Line access to Trondheim Central S ...

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

Tønsberg Canal Bridge Tønsberg Canal Bridge ( no, Tønsberg kanalbru or just ) is a double-leaf bascule bridge in Tønsberg Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in North ...

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative c ...

Portugal

* Ponte móvel de Leça

Russia

Volodarsky Bridge The Volodarsky Bridge () is a moveable bridge across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The bridge connects Narodnaya and Ivanovskaya streets (Nevsky district). It is named after V. Volodarsky, a revolutionary, who was killed near the ...

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

Finland Railway Bridge The Finland Railway Bridge () is a pair of parallel rail bridges across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The movable bridges are connecting the Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg Railway and other railway networks in the north of St Peters ...

Alexander Nevsky Bridge The Alexander Nevsky Bridge (russian: Мост Алекса́ндра Не́вского, ''Most Aleksandra Nevskogo'') in St Petersburg, Russia is named after the legendary Russian military commander and politician Alexander Nevsky. The br ...

Peter the Great Bridge Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge (russian: Большеохтинский мост, before 1917 - Peter the Great Bridge, russian: Мост Петра́ Вели́кого, ''Most Petra Velikogo''; from 1917 to 1956 - Bolsheokhtensky Bridge, russian: Б� ...

Liteyny Bridge The Liteyny Bridge () is the second permanent bridge across the Neva river in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It connects Liteyny Prospekt with Vyborgsky district. The bridge's length is 396 meters, the width is 34 meters. At the vicinity of the Litey ...

* Trinity Bridge in

Palace Bridge Palace Bridge (, ''Dvortsoviy Most''), a road- and foot-traffic bascule bridge, spans the Neva River in Saint Petersburg between Palace Square and Vasilievsky Island. Like every other Neva bridge (except for Big Obukhovsky Bridge), it is drawn ...

Blagoveshchensky Bridge The Annunciation Bridge ( - ''Blagoveshchensky most''; from 1855 to 1918 Nikolaevsky Bridge, ; from 1918 to 2007 called Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge, ) is the first permanent bridge built across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It conn ...

Exchange Bridge Exchange Bridge (russian: Биржево́й мост, ''Birzhevoy most'') is a bascule bridge in Saint Petersburg, opened in 1894. The bridge crosses the Little Neva River (distributary of Neva River) close to the Exchange Square and connects t ...

Tuchkov Bridge Tuchkov Bridge (russian: Ту́чков мост) is a bascule bridge across Little Neva (a distributary of Neva river) in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Its length is 226 meters and its width is 36 meters. Tuchkov bridge connects Vasilievsky Island a ...

Sampsonievsky Bridge Sampsonievsky Bridge, was also known as Freedom Bridge during the 20th century, is a structure located over the Bolshaya Nevka river, St Petersburg, Russia. It links Kuybysheva Street and Finlandsky Avenue. It was named after Saint Sampson's Cat ...

* Grenader Bridge in

* Kantemirovsky Bridge in

South Africa

* At the

Victoria & Alfred Waterfront The Victoria & Alfred (V&A) Waterfront in Cape Town is situated on the Atlantic shore, Table Bay Harbour, the City of Cape Town and Table Mountain. Adrian van der Vyver designed the complex. Situated in South Africa's oldest working harbour, ...

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

Spain

* Puente de Deusto,

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Puente del Ayuntamiento The City Hall Bridge (; ), formerly known as the Begoña Bridge (), is a bascule bridge on the estuary of Bilbao, connecting the districts of on the right and Abando on the left. History At the end of the 1920s, Bilbao expanded from the estu ...

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* Puente de Alfonso XIII,

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

* Puente de San Telmo,

José León de Carranza Bridge José León de Carranza Bridge (also referred to as the Carranza Bridge) is a 1400 m steel bridge that connects the city of Cádiz to the mainland. The bridge goes over the Bay of Cádiz. It forms part of the national network of roads with ...

Cádiz Cádiz (, , ) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the Province of Cádiz, one of eight that make up the autonomous community of Andalusia. Cádiz, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, ...

Sweden

Danviksbron Danviksbron or, alternatively, Danviksbro ("Danvik Bridge") is a bascule bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden, connecting the eastern end of Södermalm to the eastern municipality Nacka. Under the bridge, the canal Hammarbykanalen carries the wa ...

, Stockholm * Klaffbron,

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...

* Järnvägsbron (järnvägen Herrljunga-Uddevalla)

Vänersborg Vänersborg () is a locality and the seat of Vänersborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 23,882 inhabitants (out of a municipal total of 39,591) Until 1997 it was the capital of Älvsborg County, which was dissolved in 1998. Sin ...

Thailand

* Memorial Bridge, Bangkok *

Krungthep Bridge The Krungthep Bridge ( th, สะพานกรุงเทพ, , ) is a bascule bridge (drawbridge) spanning the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok, Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thail ...

, Bangkok

Turkey

Galata Bridge The Galata Bridge ( tr, Galata Köprüsü, ) is a bridge that spans the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey. From the end of the 19th century in particular, the bridge has featured in Turkish literature, theater, poetry and novels. The current Gala ...

Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_i ...

United Kingdom

* Egerton Bridge,

Birkenhead Birkenhead (; cy, Penbedw) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England; historically, it was part of Cheshire until 1974. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the south bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liver ...

, Wirral * Duke Street Bridge, Birkenhead Wirral * Tower Road Bridge, Birkenhead, Wirral *

Corporation Bridge The Corporation Bridge is a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge over the Old Dock ( Alexandra Dock) in Grimsby Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. G ...

Grimsby Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. Grimsby is north-east of L ...

* Bridgwater bascule bridge, Bridgwater,

Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lord_ ...

* Sutton Road Bridge,

Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-ea ...

* Drypool Bridge,

* North Bridge,

Tower Bridge Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. It crosses the River Thames clos ...

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

Tower Bridge opens to let a masted sailing ship pass - geograph

White Cart Bridge White Cart Bridge is a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge situated on the A8 road in Renfrew, Scotland. The bridge crosses White Cart Water at the confluence with the Black Cart River. It is the only remaining lift bridge in the country a ...

, popularly called the Renfrew Swing Bridge ( misnomer) over

River Cart The River Cart ( sco, River Cairt) is a tributary of the River Clyde, Scotland, which it joins from the west roughly midway between the towns of Erskine and Renfrew and opposite the town of Clydebank. The River Cart itself is very short, being f ...

, Renfrew *

Breydon Bridge The Breydon Bridge is a road bridge carrying the A47 in Great Yarmouth across the River Yare close to Breydon Water. It replaces the former railway Breydon Viaduct which was closed in 1953 and demolished by 1963. When built in 1985, the br ...

, Great Yarmouth * Haven Bridge, Great Yarmouth * Lowestoft Bascule Bridge,

Waveney Waveney may refer to: * River Waveney, a river that forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk, England * Waveney District, a local government district in Suffolk, England * Waveney (UK Parliament constituency) * Waveney class lifeboat, a class ...

* Gull Wing Bridge, Lowestoft (due for completion 2023) *

Pero's Bridge Pero's Bridge () is a pedestrian bascule bridge that spans St Augustine's Reach in Bristol Harbour, Bristol, England. It links Queen Square and Millennium Square. Structure The bridge is composed of three spans; the two outer ones are fix ...

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

* Redcliffe Bascule Bridge, Bristol * Poole Bridge *

Twin Sails bridge The Twin Sails Bridge (also known as The Second Harbour Crossing) is a double leaved bascule bridge in Poole, Dorset, England. The bridge provides a second road link from Poole Town Centre to Hamworthy. The intention is that the bridge will allo ...

, Poole, Dorset * Town Bridge, across

Weymouth Harbour, Dorset Weymouth Harbour (or the Old Harbour) is a picturesque harbour at the seaside town of Weymouth in Dorset, southern England,. It has a 17th-century waterfront. Overview The harbour forms the mouth of the River Wey as it enters the Channel. ...

* Countess Wear Bascule Bridge,

Exeter Canal The Exeter Ship Canal, also known as the Exeter Canal is a canal leading from (and beside) the River Exe to Exeter Quay in the city of Exeter, Devon, England. It was first constructed in the 1560s predating the "canal mania" period and is one o ...

, Exeter * River Bann Rail Bridge, Coleraine, Northern Ireland * King George V Bridge,

Keadby __NOTOC__ Keadby is a small village in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated just off the A18, west of Scunthorpe, and on the west bank of the River Trent. Keadby is in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire. The appropriate civil ...

Walney Bridge Walney Bridge, officially Jubilee Bridge, is a bascule bridge in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Completed in 1908, it spans Walney Channel, linking Barrow Island to Walney Island. The bridge carries the A590 trunk road, which has its west ...

Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of B ...

* Stanley Dock,

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

* Shadwell Basin Bridge,

Shadwell Shadwell is a district of East London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets , east of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the Thames between Wapping (to the west) and Ratcliff (to the east). This riverside location has mea ...

, London * Greenland Dock Bridge,

Rotherhithe Rotherhithe () is a district of south-east London, England, and part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is on a peninsula on the south bank of the Thames, facing Wapping, Shadwell and Limehouse on the north bank, as well as the Isle of D ...

, London * Surrey Basin Bridge,

, London * The "White" Bridge, Carmarthen ailway Bridge*

Bann Bridge The Bann Bridge is a railway bridge in Coleraine, County Londonderry. It is the only railway bascule bridge in Northern Ireland. Design The bridge is composed of Dorman Long steel girders on reinforced concrete piers, which themselves rest on ...

, Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland * Michaelson Road Bridge

United States

(Alphabetical by state) *

Isleton Bridge Isleton Bridge is a historic bascule bridge carrying California State Route 160 across the Sacramento River north of Isleton, California, built in 1923. There are two concrete tied arch spans, each long, to the east of the main bascule span, whi ...

, near Isleton, California *

Lefty O'Doul Bridge The Lefty O'Doul Bridge (also known as the Third Street Bridge or China Basin Bridge) is a bascule bridge connecting the Neighborhoods in San Francisco#China Basin, China Basin and Mission Bay, San Francisco, Mission Bay neighborhoods of San Fra ...

, San Francisco, California *

Park Street Bridge The Park Street Bridge is a double-leaf bascule drawbridge spanning 372 feet of the Oakland Estuary in the San Francisco Bay Area. It links the cities of Oakland and Alameda. In a year, the bridge is opened approximately 1700 times and carries ...

, Oakland, California *

High Street Bridge The High Street Bridge is a double-leaf bascule drawbridge spanning 296 feet of the Oakland Estuary in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States. It links the cities of Oakland and Alameda. The bridge is opened approximately 1,400 ti ...

, Oakland, California *

Mystic River Bascule Bridge The Mystic River Bascule Bridge is a bascule bridge spanning the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut in the United States. It carries vehicle and foot traffic directly into the tourist district of town via Main Street (U.S. Route 1). History T ...

, 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 The Housatonic River Railroad Bridge is a historic bridge carrying Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line trackage across the lower Housatonic River in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The bridge is also used by Amtrak for its Northeast Corridor servi ...

, Milford & Stratford, Connecticut *

Washington Bridge The Washington Bridge is a -long arch bridge over the Harlem River in New York City between the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. The crossing, opened in 1888, connects 181st Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Washington Heights, Manhattan, w ...

, 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 An isle is an island, land surrounded by water. The term is very common in British English. However, there is no clear agreement on what makes an island an isle or its difference, so they are considered synonyms. Isle may refer to: Geography * I ...

, Georgia * Causton Bluff Bridge, Savannah, Georgia * Norfolk and Southern train trestle over the Savannah River, Augusta Georgia * Various bridges across the

Intracoastal Waterway The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Massachusetts southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following t ...

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

* FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge in

Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the List of United States cities by area, largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the co ...

* Various bridges across the Miami River in

Miami, Florida Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...

* Almost 40 in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...

, mostly across the Chicago River (and its north branch), but a few crossing the

Calumet River The Calumet River is a system of heavily industrialized rivers and canals in the region between the south side of Chicago, Illinois, and the city of Gary, Indiana. Historically, the Little Calumet River and the Grand Calumet River were one, the ...

. 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 The Cortland Street Drawbridge (originally known as the Clybourn Place drawbridge) over the Chicago River is the original Chicago-style fixed-trunnion bascule bridge, designed by John Ericson and Edward Wilmann. When it opened in 1902, on Chicag ...

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 The Kinzie Street Bridge is a single-leaf bascule bridge built in 1909 that spans the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States. Incidents In April 1992, rehabilitation work on the pilings for the bridge damaged a freight tunn ...

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 Wells Street Bridge may refer to: * Wells Street Bridge (Chicago), a bascule bridge over the Chicago River, in downtown Chicago, Illinois *Wells Street Bridge (Fort Wayne, Indiana) Wells Street Bridge is a historic Whipple truss bridge spanning t ...

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 The Dearborn Street Bridge over the Chicago River was built in 1962. It connects the Near North Side with " The Loop." The American Institute of Steel Construction The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) is a not-for-profit te ...

over Main Stem of the Chicago River ** State Street Bridge over Main Stem of the Chicago River **

Wabash Avenue Bridge The Wabash Avenue Bridge (officially, Irv Kupcinet Bridge) over the Chicago River was built in 1930. Standing west of the Michigan Avenue Bridge The DuSable Bridge (formerly the Michigan Avenue Bridge) is a bascule bridge that carries Michiga ...

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 The Randolph Street Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the ...

over South Branch of the Chicago River **

Washington Boulevard Bridge The Washington Boulevard Bridge is a bridge that spans the Chicago River in downtown Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates ...

over South Branch of the Chicago River **

Madison Street Bridge Madison Street Bridge may refer to: *Madison Street Bridge (Chicago), a crossing of the Chicago River *Madison Street Bridge (Portland, Oregon), the name of two former bridges over the Willamette River The Willamette River ( ) is a major tributa ...

over South Branch of the Chicago River ** Monroe Street Bridge over South Branch of the Chicago River **

Adams Street Bridge The Adams Street Bridge is a bridge that spans the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metr ...

over South Branch of the Chicago River **

Jackson Boulevard Bridge The Jackson Boulevard Bridge is a Pratt deck truss, fixed-trunnion, bascule bridge that spans the Chicago River at Jackson Boulevard in downtown Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption ...

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 The Canal Street railroad bridge (or Pennsylvania Railroad bridge) is a vertical-lift bridge across the south branch of the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. It was designated a List of Chicago Landmarks, Chicago Landmark on December 12, 2007. C ...

(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, hicago Style Bascule** Jackson Street Bridge, cherzer Rolling Lift Bascule** Cass Street Bridge, cherzer Rolling Lift Bascule** Jefferson Street Bridge, cherzer Rolling Lift Bascule** McDonough Street Bridge, cherzer Rolling Lift Bascule** Brandon Road Bridge,

ail Height Bascule Ail or AIL may refer to: * Illness, a state of poor health * Ail (''Sailor Moon''), a character in the ''Sailor Moon'' anime series * Acceptance in lieu, an arrangement in the UK for accepting works of art etc. in lieu of tax * Agilus, a Frankis ...

* Joe Page Bridge over Illinois River,

Calhoun County, Illinois Calhoun County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,089, making it Illinois’ third-least populous county. Its county seat and biggest community is Hardin, with a population of 801. Its smalle ...

* Franklin Street Bridge, Michigan City, Indiana * St. Claude Avenue Bridge,

New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

* Maestri Bridge, between

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Slidell, Louisiana Slidell is a city on the northeast shore of Lake Pontchartrain in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 28,781 at the 2020 census. It is part of the New Orleans− Metairie− Kenner metropolitan statistical area. Hi ...

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (french: Chaussée du lac Pontchartrain), also known simply as The Causeway, is a fixed link composed of two parallel bridges crossing Lake Pontchartrain in southeastern Louisiana, United States. The longer of th ...

Lake Pontchartrain Lake Pontchartrain ( ) is an estuary located in southeastern Louisiana in the United States. It covers an area of with an average depth of . Some shipping channels are kept deeper through dredging. It is roughly oval in shape, about from wes ...

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

Million Dollar Bridge (Maine) The Million Dollar Bridge was a bascule bridge built in 1916 which carried traffic on Maine State Route 77, Route 77 over the Fore River (Maine), Fore River in Maine between Portland, Maine, Portland and South Portland, Maine, South Portland. P ...

, Portland, Maine (demolished, replaced by next entry) * Casco Bay Bridge, Portland, Maine *

Hanover Street Bridge The Hanover Street Bridge – officially, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge – is a bascule bridge crossing the middle branch of the Patapsco River along Hanover Street (Maryland Route 2) in Baltimore, Maryland. The bridge was built to repla ...

, Baltimore, Maryland * Knapp's Narrows Drawbridge, Tilghman Island, Maryland * Commuter Rail Bridge,

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

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* Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts, a Strauss bascule over the Fort Point Channel *

Brightman Street Bridge The Brightman Street Bridge is a long, four-lane wide drawbridge spanning the Taunton River between the town of Somerset and the city of Fall River, Massachusetts. It was authorized in 1903 by the state legislature, and building took place betw ...

Fall River, Massachusetts Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The City of Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States Census, making it the tenth-largest city in the state. Located along the eastern shore of Mount H ...

* Veterans Memorial Bridge, Fall River, Massachusetts * Eel Pond Bridge,

Woods Hole, Massachusetts Woods Hole is a census-designated place in the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It lies at the extreme southwest corner of Cape Cod, near Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands. The population was 781 ...

Independence Bridge The Independence Bridge is a bascule-type drawbridge located in Bay City, Michigan. It carries Truman Parkway over the Saginaw River The Saginaw River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe ...

, Bay City, Michigan *

Lafayette Avenue Bridge The Lafayette Avenue Bridge, formerly listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Bay City Bascule Bridge, is the name given to two separate bridges located in Bay City, Michigan. The bridges carry M-13 and M-84 over the Saginaw Riv ...

, Bay City, Michigan * Liberty Bridge, Bay City, Michigan * Veterans Memorial Bridge, Bay City, Michigan * Bicentennial Bridge connecting Benton Harbor and

St. Joseph, Michigan St. Joseph, colloquially known as St. Joe, is a city and the county seat of Berrien County, Michigan. It was incorporated as a village in 1834 and as a city in 1891. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,365. It lies on the shore o ...

Blossomland Bridge The Blossomland Bridge is a bascule bridge in St. Joseph, Michigan, that carries M-63 across the St. Joseph River. Delayed by World War II, construction took place from 1947 though 1948. At the time, it was the longest bridge built by the Michig ...

connecting Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, Michigan *

US 31–Island Lake Outlet Bridge The US 31–Island Lake Outlet Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge in downtown Charlevoix in the U.S. state of Michigan. The bridge carries U.S. Highway 31 (known locally as Bridge Street) across Island Lake Outlet (also known as the Pine Rive ...

, Charlevoix, Michigan *

Cheboygan Bascule Bridge The Cheboygan Bascule Bridge, also known as the State Street Bridge, is a double-leaf bascule bridge in Cheboygan, Michigan, carrying U.S. Highway 23 (State Street) across the Cheboygan River. Built in 1940, it was the last bascule bridge construc ...

, Cheboygan, Michigan * US-31 Bascule Bridge spanning the Grand River connecting

Grand Haven Grand Haven is a city within the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Ottawa County. Grand Haven is located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Grand River, for which it is named. As of the 2010 census, Grand H ...

and Spring Lake * Maple Street Bridge, Manistee, Michigan * Cypress Street Bridge, Manistee, Michigan * Pere Marquette Railroad Bridge, Port Huron, Michigan *CN Ranier Bridge, Rainy River, Ranier, Minnesota * Bascule Bridge,

John C. Stennis Space Center The John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC) is a NASA rocket testing facility in Hancock County, Mississippi, United States, on the banks of the Pearl River at the Mississippi–Louisiana border. , it is NASA's largest rocket engine test facility. ...

, Mississippi * Bascule Bridge,

Pascagoula River The Pascagoula River is a river, about 80 miles (130 km) long, in southeastern Mississippi in the United States. The river drains an area of about 8,800 square miles (23,000 km²) and flows into Mississippi Sound of the Gulf of Mexic ...

, Mississippi * Neil Underwood Bridge,

Hampton Hampton may refer to: Places Australia *Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia *Hampton, New South Wales *Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region * Hampton, Victoria Canada * Hampton, New Brunswick *Ha ...

, New Hampshire * 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 The Pelham Bridge is a bascule bridge located in the New York City borough of the Bronx, just downstream of the railroad Pelham Bay Bridge. It carries Shore Road and a walkway along the downstream side, over the Hutchinson River. The bridge ...

, Bronx, New York City, New York *

Col. Patrick O'Rorke Bridge The Colonel Patrick O'Rorke Memorial Bridge is a bascule bridge in New York, United States, that connects the Rochester neighborhood of Charlotte to the town of Irondequoit. The bridge, located about north of downtown Rochester, is named for Civil ...

Rochester, New York Rochester () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City, Buffalo, and Yonkers, with a population of 211,328 at the 2020 United States census. Located in W ...

* Alfred Cunningham Memorial Bridge, New Bern, North Carolina * Pasquotank River Bridge, Elizabeth City, North Carolina * CSX Transportation Bridge, Wilmington, North Carolina *

Ashtabula lift bridge The Ashtabula lift bridge (also known as the West Fifth Street bridge) is a Strauss bascule bridge that carries Ohio State Route 531 over the Ashtabula River in the harbor of Ashtabula, Ohio. Besides its importance as a major transportation route ...

Ashtabula, Ohio Ashtabula ( ) is a city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States, and the center of the Ashtabula micropolitan area. It is located at the mouth of the Ashtabula River on Lake Erie, northeast of Cleveland. As of the 2020 census, the city ha ...

Charles Berry Bridge The Charles Berry Bridge, in Lorain, Ohio along U.S. Route 6 (US 6), is the second-largest bascule bridge in the world. It was dedicated on Veterans Day in 1988. The bridge had been built in the late 1930s and in use for roughly 48 yea ...

, Lorain, Ohio * Port Clinton Lift Bridge,

Port Clinton, Ohio Port Clinton is a city in and the county seat of Ottawa County, located at the mouth of the Portage River on Lake Erie, about 44 miles east of Toledo. The population was 6,056 at the 2010 census. The city has been nicknamed the "Walleye Capit ...

* Craig Memorial Bridge,

Toledo, Ohio Toledo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. A major Midwestern United States port city, Toledo is the fourth-most populous city in the state of Ohio, after Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, and according ...

Lewis and Clark River Bridge The Lewis and Clark River Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Lewis and Clark River on U.S. Route 101 Business (a section originally part of U.S. Route 101) in Clatsop County, Oregon. It was designed by Conde McCullough and opened in 19 ...

, near Astoria, Oregon *

Old Youngs Bay Bridge The Old Youngs Bay Bridge is a bascule bridge across Youngs Bay in Astoria, Oregon, completed in 1921. Conde McCullough was responsible for designing this bridge, his first for Oregon. The bridge consists of two steel bascule leaves approached ...

, Astoria, Oregon * Siuslaw River Bridge, Florence, Oregon * Broadway Bridge, Portland, Oregon *

Burnside Bridge The Burnside Bridge is a 1926-built bascule bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, carrying Burnside Street. It is the second bridge at the same site to carry that name. It was added to the National Register of ...

, Portland, Oregon *

Morrison Bridge The Morrison Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. Completed in 1958, it is the third bridge at approximately the same site to carry that name. It is one of the most heavily used bridges in Portland. It ...

, Portland, Oregon * Passyunk Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Tacony–Palmyra Bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * University Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *

Crook Point Bascule Bridge The Crook Point Bascule Bridge (or the Seekonk River Drawbridge) is a defunct Scherzer rolling lift railway bridge which spans the Seekonk River, connecting the city of Providence, Rhode Island, to the city of East Providence. Stuck in the open ...

, Providence, Rhode Island *

Wappoo Creek Bridge The Wappoo Creek Bridge is a bridge that connects the cities of Charleston and James Island in South Carolina. No bridge crossed the Wappoo Cut at the present location historically. A private company was chartered in 1896 and began raising funds ...

, James Island, South Carolina * John Ross Bridge (Commonly called Market Street Bridge), Chattanooga, Tennessee. * Berkley Bridge, Norfolk, Virginia *

First Avenue South Bridge The First Avenue South Bridge is a pair of double-leaf bascule bridges built between 1956 and 1998 that carry State Route 99 over the Duwamish River about three miles (5 km) south of downtown Seattle, Washington Washington commonly refers ...

, Seattle, Washington *

Montlake Bridge The Montlake Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge that carries State Route 513 (Montlake Boulevard) over Seattle's Montlake Cut—part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal—connecting Montlake and the University District. It is the easternmo ...

, Seattle, Washington * University Bridge, Seattle, Washington *

Fremont Bridge Fremont Bridge may refer to: * Fremont Bridge (Portland, Oregon) * Fremont Bridge (Seattle) The Fremont Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge that spans the Fremont Cut in Seattle, Washington. The bridge, which connects Fremont Avenue North an ...

, Seattle, Washington *

Ballard Bridge The Ballard Bridge, also known as the 15th Avenue Bridge, is a double-leaf bascule bridge in Seattle, Washington. It carries 15th Avenue NW over Seattle's Salmon Bay between Ballard to the north and Interbay to the south. The Ballard Bridge foll ...

, Seattle, Washington * Salmon Bay Bridge, Seattle, Washington *

Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge The Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge is a twin-leaf bascule bridge over the Fox River on Main Street (US 141) in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It is named in honor of the former Green Bay Packer linebacker Ray Nitschke Raymond Ernest Nitschke (December 29 ...

, Green Bay, Wisconsin * Main Street Bridge, Racine, Wisconsin *

Sturgeon Bay Bridge The Sturgeon Bay Bridge (known as the Michigan Street Bridge) is a historic bridge in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States. The bridge was built in 1929 and opened July 4, 1931, with a grand parade where it was officially dedicated as a Doo ...

(Michigan Street Bridge), Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin *

Arlington Memorial Bridge The Arlington Memorial Bridge is a Neoclassical masonry, steel, and stone arch bridge with a central bascule (or drawbridge) that crosses the Potomac River at Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. First proposed in 1886, the brid ...

, Virginia – Washington D.C. *

Woodrow Wilson Bridge The Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge (also known as the Woodrow Wilson Bridge or the Wilson Bridge) is a bascule bridge that spans the Potomac River between the independent city of Alexandria, Virginia, and Oxon Hill in Prince George's County, ...

, Alexandria, Virginia – Washington, D.C. - Prince George's County, Maryland

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Bascule bridges A bascule bridge (also referred to as a drawbridge or a lifting bridge) is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances a span, or leaf, throughout its upward swing to provide clearance for boat traffic. It may be single- or ...