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Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Monroe Street, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River at Monroe Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Monroe Street, Spanning South Branch of ...

Significance: The development of the Chicago trunnoin bascule bridge occurred during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Despite the controversy over patent infringement Joseph E. Strauss charg... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Dix Bascule Bridge, Spanning Rouge River at Dix Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Dix Bascule Bridge, Spanning Rouge River at Dix Avenue, Detroit, Wayne...

Significance: The Dix Bascule Bridge is the newest of three double-leaf trunnion drawbridges constructed over the Rouge River in the 1920's. It is important in local history for its relation to the economic de... More

Dix Bascule Bridge, Spanning Rouge River at Dix Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Dix Bascule Bridge, Spanning Rouge River at Dix Avenue, Detroit, Wayne...

Significance: The Dix Bascule Bridge is the newest of three double-leaf trunnion drawbridges constructed over the Rouge River in the 1920's. It is important in local history for its relation to the economic de... More

Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River at U.S. Route 1, Groton, New London County, CT

Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River at U.S. Route 1, Groton, Ne...

Significance: The Mystic River Bridge is significant as an example of the Brown Balance Beam Bascule, an innovative design that raised movable-bridge technology to a new level of refinement in the early 20th ce... More

Colonel Alexander Scammell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Bellamy River at U.S. Route 4, Dover, Strafford County, NH

Colonel Alexander Scammell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Bellamy River at ...

Significance: The bridge is a representative example of a single leaf bascule lift bridge with a vertical overhead counterweight. It is the oldest of the state's three remaining bascule bridges and is the only ... More

Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Wells Street, Spanning South Branch Chicago River at North Wells Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Wells Street, Spanning South Branch Chic...

Significance: The development of the Chicago trunnoin bascule bridge occurred during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Despite the controversy over patent infringement Joseph E. Strauss charg... More

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Streets, Menasha, Winnebago County, WI

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...

Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More

University Avenue Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River at University Avenue (State Route 3003), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

University Avenue Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River at University Aven...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its association with noted Philadelphia architect Paul Phillipe Cret, who designed the bridge in collaboration with city engineers. Its exterior treatment reflects Cr... More

University Avenue Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River at University Avenue (State Route 3003), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

University Avenue Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River at University Aven...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its association with noted Philadelphia architect Paul Phillipe Cret, who designed the bridge in collaboration with city engineers. Its exterior treatment reflects Cr... More

Chicago River Bascule Bridge, West Cortland Street, Spanning North Branch of Chicago River at West Cortland Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago River Bascule Bridge, West Cortland Street, Spanning North Bra...

Significance: Designated a landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Cortland Street Bridge is a double-leaf bascule span that became in the early twentieth century the standard for movable bridg... More

Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets...

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Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets...

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Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets...

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Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets...

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Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, Florence, Lane County, OR

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, ...

Significance: The Siuslaw River Bridge is historically significant as one of five Depression-era bridges that completed the Oregon Coast Highway. For Oregon's southern coastal region, the completion of these b... More

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, Florence, Lane County, OR

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, ...

Significance: The Siuslaw River Bridge is historically significant as one of five Depression-era bridges that completed the Oregon Coast Highway. For Oregon's southern coastal region, the completion of these b... More

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, Florence, Lane County, OR

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, ...

Significance: The Siuslaw River Bridge is historically significant as one of five Depression-era bridges that completed the Oregon Coast Highway. For Oregon's southern coastal region, the completion of these b... More

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, Florence, Lane County, OR

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, ...

Significance: The Siuslaw River Bridge is historically significant as one of five Depression-era bridges that completed the Oregon Coast Highway. For Oregon's southern coastal region, the completion of these b... More

Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & Rehoboth Canal, Rehoboth Beach, Sussex County, DE

Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...

Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More

Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & Rehoboth Canal, Rehoboth Beach, Sussex County, DE

Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...

Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brown County, WI

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brow...

Significance: The Main Street Bridge is a double-leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Green Bay. With its symmetrical design including fo... More

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brown County, WI

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brow...

Significance: The Main Street Bridge is a double-leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Green Bay. With its symmetrical design including fo... More

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brown County, WI

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brow...

Significance: The Main Street Bridge is a double-leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Green Bay. With its symmetrical design including fo... More

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brown County, WI

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brow...

Significance: The Main Street Bridge is a double-leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Green Bay. With its symmetrical design including fo... More

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County, FL

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Po...

Significance: The Palm Valley Bridge is the last bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is also a good example of an unaltered double-leaf b... More

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County, FL

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Po...

Significance: The Palm Valley Bridge is the last bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is also a good example of an unaltered double-leaf b... More

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County, FL

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Po...

Significance: The Palm Valley Bridge is the last bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is also a good example of an unaltered double-leaf b... More

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County, FL

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Po...

Significance: The Palm Valley Bridge is the last bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is also a good example of an unaltered double-leaf b... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portlan...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge is the first bascule span built in Portland and, at the time constructed, the longest in the United States. Its completion resulted in a dramatic shift in land values and busi... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portlan...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge is the first bascule span built in Portland and, at the time constructed, the longest in the United States. Its completion resulted in a dramatic shift in land values and busi... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portlan...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge is the first bascule span built in Portland and, at the time constructed, the longest in the United States. Its completion resulted in a dramatic shift in land values and busi... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Dix Bascule Bridge, Spanning Rouge River at Dix Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Dix Bascule Bridge, Spanning Rouge River at Dix Avenue, Detroit, Wayne...

Significance: The Dix Bascule Bridge is the newest of three double-leaf trunnion drawbridges constructed over the Rouge River in the 1920's. It is important in local history for its relation to the economic de... More

Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River at U.S. Route 1, Groton, New London County, CT

Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River at U.S. Route 1, Groton, Ne...

Significance: The Mystic River Bridge is significant as an example of the Brown Balance Beam Bascule, an innovative design that raised movable-bridge technology to a new level of refinement in the early 20th ce... More

Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River at U.S. Route 1, Groton, New London County, CT

Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River at U.S. Route 1, Groton, Ne...

Significance: The Mystic River Bridge is significant as an example of the Brown Balance Beam Bascule, an innovative design that raised movable-bridge technology to a new level of refinement in the early 20th ce... More

Colonel Alexander Scammell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Bellamy River at U.S. Route 4, Dover, Strafford County, NH

Colonel Alexander Scammell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Bellamy River at ...

Significance: The bridge is a representative example of a single leaf bascule lift bridge with a vertical overhead counterweight. It is the oldest of the state's three remaining bascule bridges and is the only ... More

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Streets, Menasha, Winnebago County, WI

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...

Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Streets, Menasha, Winnebago County, WI

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...

Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Streets, Menasha, Winnebago County, WI

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...

Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Streets, Menasha, Winnebago County, WI

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...

Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More

University Avenue Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River at University Avenue (State Route 3003), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

University Avenue Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River at University Aven...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its association with noted Philadelphia architect Paul Phillipe Cret, who designed the bridge in collaboration with city engineers. Its exterior treatment reflects Cr... More

Chicago River Bascule Bridge, West Cortland Street, Spanning North Branch of Chicago River at West Cortland Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago River Bascule Bridge, West Cortland Street, Spanning North Bra...

Significance: Designated a landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Cortland Street Bridge is a double-leaf bascule span that became in the early twentieth century the standard for movable bridg... More

Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, Florence, Lane County, OR

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, ...

Significance: The Siuslaw River Bridge is historically significant as one of five Depression-era bridges that completed the Oregon Coast Highway. For Oregon's southern coastal region, the completion of these b... More

Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & Rehoboth Canal, Rehoboth Beach, Sussex County, DE

Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...

Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brown County, WI

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brow...

Significance: The Main Street Bridge is a double-leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Green Bay. With its symmetrical design including fo... More

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brown County, WI

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brow...

Significance: The Main Street Bridge is a double-leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Green Bay. With its symmetrical design including fo... More

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County, FL

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Po...

Significance: The Palm Valley Bridge is the last bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is also a good example of an unaltered double-leaf b... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portlan...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge is the first bascule span built in Portland and, at the time constructed, the longest in the United States. Its completion resulted in a dramatic shift in land values and busi... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River at U.S. Route 1, Groton, New London County, CT

Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River at U.S. Route 1, Groton, Ne...

Significance: The Mystic River Bridge is significant as an example of the Brown Balance Beam Bascule, an innovative design that raised movable-bridge technology to a new level of refinement in the early 20th ce... More

Colonel Alexander Scammell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Bellamy River at U.S. Route 4, Dover, Strafford County, NH

Colonel Alexander Scammell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Bellamy River at ...

Significance: The bridge is a representative example of a single leaf bascule lift bridge with a vertical overhead counterweight. It is the oldest of the state's three remaining bascule bridges and is the only ... More

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Streets, Menasha, Winnebago County, WI

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...

Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More

Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets...

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Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets...

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Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Seaford Bridge, Spanning Nanticoke River at Front Street, Seaford, Sussex County, DE

Seaford Bridge, Spanning Nanticoke River at Front Street, Seaford, Sus...

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Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & Rehoboth Canal, Rehoboth Beach, Sussex County, DE

Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...

Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brown County, WI

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brow...

Significance: The Main Street Bridge is a double-leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Green Bay. With its symmetrical design including fo... More

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County, FL

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Po...

Significance: The Palm Valley Bridge is the last bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is also a good example of an unaltered double-leaf b... More

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County, FL

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Po...

Significance: The Palm Valley Bridge is the last bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is also a good example of an unaltered double-leaf b... More

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County, FL

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Po...

Significance: The Palm Valley Bridge is the last bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is also a good example of an unaltered double-leaf b... More

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County, FL

Palm Valley Bridge, County Road 210 spanning Intracoastal Waterway, Po...

Significance: The Palm Valley Bridge is the last bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is also a good example of an unaltered double-leaf b... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portlan...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge is the first bascule span built in Portland and, at the time constructed, the longest in the United States. Its completion resulted in a dramatic shift in land values and busi... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portlan...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge is the first bascule span built in Portland and, at the time constructed, the longest in the United States. Its completion resulted in a dramatic shift in land values and busi... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portlan...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge is the first bascule span built in Portland and, at the time constructed, the longest in the United States. Its completion resulted in a dramatic shift in land values and busi... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portlan...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge is the first bascule span built in Portland and, at the time constructed, the longest in the United States. Its completion resulted in a dramatic shift in land values and busi... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River at U.S. Route 1, Groton, New London County, CT

Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River at U.S. Route 1, Groton, Ne...

Significance: The Mystic River Bridge is significant as an example of the Brown Balance Beam Bascule, an innovative design that raised movable-bridge technology to a new level of refinement in the early 20th ce... More

Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River at U.S. Route 1, Groton, New London County, CT

Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River at U.S. Route 1, Groton, Ne...

Significance: The Mystic River Bridge is significant as an example of the Brown Balance Beam Bascule, an innovative design that raised movable-bridge technology to a new level of refinement in the early 20th ce... More

Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River at U.S. Route 1, Groton, New London County, CT

Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River at U.S. Route 1, Groton, Ne...

Significance: The Mystic River Bridge is significant as an example of the Brown Balance Beam Bascule, an innovative design that raised movable-bridge technology to a new level of refinement in the early 20th ce... More

Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets...

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Isleton Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at Post Mile 5.95 of California State Highway 160, Isleton, Sacramento County, CA

Isleton Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at Post Mile 5.95 of Califor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Military Street Bridge, Spanning Black River at Military Street, Port Huron, St. Clair County, MI

Military Street Bridge, Spanning Black River at Military Street, Port ...

Significance: The Military Street Bridge is the oldest surviving bascule highway bridge in Michigan and is an excellent example of the underneath counterweight trunnion design developed by Jospeh B. Strauss, an... More

Seaford Bridge, Spanning Nanticoke River at Front Street, Seaford, Sussex County, DE

Seaford Bridge, Spanning Nanticoke River at Front Street, Seaford, Sus...

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Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Franklin Street, Spanning Chicago River at North Franklin Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Franklin Street, Spanning Chicago River ...

Significance: The development of the Chicago trunnion bascule bridge occurred during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Despite the controversy over patent infringement Joseph E. Strauss charg... More

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, Florence, Lane County, OR

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, ...

Significance: The Siuslaw River Bridge is historically significant as one of five Depression-era bridges that completed the Oregon Coast Highway. For Oregon's southern coastal region, the completion of these b... More

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, Florence, Lane County, OR

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, ...

Significance: The Siuslaw River Bridge is historically significant as one of five Depression-era bridges that completed the Oregon Coast Highway. For Oregon's southern coastal region, the completion of these b... More

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, Florence, Lane County, OR

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, ...

Significance: The Siuslaw River Bridge is historically significant as one of five Depression-era bridges that completed the Oregon Coast Highway. For Oregon's southern coastal region, the completion of these b... More

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, Florence, Lane County, OR

Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River at Oregon Coast Highway, ...

Significance: The Siuslaw River Bridge is historically significant as one of five Depression-era bridges that completed the Oregon Coast Highway. For Oregon's southern coastal region, the completion of these b... More

Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & Rehoboth Canal, Rehoboth Beach, Sussex County, DE

Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...

Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More

Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & Rehoboth Canal, Rehoboth Beach, Sussex County, DE

Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...

Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brown County, WI

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brow...

Significance: The Main Street Bridge is a double-leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Green Bay. With its symmetrical design including fo... More

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brown County, WI

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brow...

Significance: The Main Street Bridge is a double-leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Green Bay. With its symmetrical design including fo... More

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brown County, WI

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brow...

Significance: The Main Street Bridge is a double-leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Green Bay. With its symmetrical design including fo... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portlan...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge is the first bascule span built in Portland and, at the time constructed, the longest in the United States. Its completion resulted in a dramatic shift in land values and busi... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portlan...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge is the first bascule span built in Portland and, at the time constructed, the longest in the United States. Its completion resulted in a dramatic shift in land values and busi... More

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