List of bascule bridges

A list of bascule bridges by country:

Australia
The Grafton Bridge (New South Wales) over the Clarence River showing the Bascule span lifted to let shipping through(Postcard from about 1932; The "Southern Cross" aeroplane has been added to the photograph.)

Belgium
Open Boulevard Bridge with the Nijverheid Bridge in the background.

Canada
  • Johnson Street Bridge, across the Victoria Harbour Victoria, British Columbia
  • Jackknife Bascule Bridge, over the Kaministiquia River in Thunder Bay, Ontario
  • Bridges 1 (Lakeshore Road Bridge), 3A (Carlton Street Bridge), 4 (Homer Bridge [Queenston Road]), 6 (Flight Locks Railway Bridge for Canadian National Railways), 19 (Main Street Bridge [Port Colborne]) and 19A (Mellanby Avenue Bridge) on the Welland Canal. Save for Bridges 3A and 19A, all of these were built during the late 1920s as part of the Fourth Canal expansion project (1913-1932). Bridge 3A was built to replace the original Bridge 3, which was destroyed in an accident. Bridge 19A was constructed in the 1980s to alleviate traffic on Bridge 19 (both bridges lie on either end of Lock 8). Bridge 4 is a twin-leaf, Chicago-type bascule bridge, with its counterweights located under the road deck. All the other bascule bridges on the Welland Canal are single-leaf Rall-type bridges, with counterweights suspended on a frame structure over the roadway.
  • La Salle Causeway lift bridge - Kingston, Ontario
  • Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge, in Toronto
  • Cherry Street lift bridge over the Keating Channel, in Toronto
  • CN Bridge, across the Red River, Winnipeg, Manitoba (non functional)
  • Murray Street Bridge, Sydenham River, Wallaceburg, Ontario
  • Dundas Street Bridge, Sydenham River, Wallaceburg, Ontario
  • Lord Selkirk Bridge, Sydenham River, Wallaceburg Ontario[1]
  • King George VI lift Bridge, Kettle Creek, Port Stanley, Ontario [2]

China
  • Haihe Moveable Bridge, across Hai River in Tianjin
  • Jiefang Bridge (Tianjin)

Croatia

Denmark

France
Sadi-Carnot Bridge, Sète, Hérault

Germany
  • Bascule bridge, Potshausen, Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Wolgast-Usedom Bridge, Wolgast, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
  • Wiecker Bridge, Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
  • Lindaunis Bridge, Boren, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Ireland

India

Indonesia
  • Batu Rusa II Bridge, Merawang, Bangka

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

Korea
Aerial view of Yeongdo Bridge, Busan

Malaysia

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.

New Zealand

Norway

Portugal

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

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

Spain

Sweden

Thailand

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States

(Alphabetical by state)

References
  1. http://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=ontario/selkirk/
  2. https://portstanleyheritage.com/open5.htm
  3. "NS Savannah River Bridge at Augusta". railga.com. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  4. Dizikes, Cynthia (March 1, 2013). "Crews prepare for intensive surgery on Wells Street Bridge". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  5. Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MA-38, "Congress Street Bascule Bridge"
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