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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- or double-leafed.

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Design effort
Medium
Falsework required
Site and prefabrication specific
Material
Steel
Movable
Yes
Span range
Short

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Bascule bridge

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples24
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

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Bascule bridge

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related to Types · 11
Bascule bridge → Canadian Pacific Railway, Chicago, Fort William, It, Joseph Strauss, Ontario, The, The Chicago, The Jackknife Bascule Bridge, There, Thunder Bay
related to External links · 4
Bascule bridge → Bascule, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
see also · 3
Bascule bridge → Double-beam, Dutch, Street BridgeList
Design effort · 1
Bascule bridge → Medium
Falsework required · 1
Bascule bridge → Site and prefabrication specific
Material · 1
Bascule bridge → Steel
Movable · 1
Bascule bridge → Yes
Span range · 1
Bascule bridge → Short
related to history · 1
Bascule bridge → Bascule

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Important terminology

bascule span bridge movable trunnion leaf bridges traffic chicago fixed-trunnion clearance types also drawbridge strauss rolling lift track moveable counterweight

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Bascule bridgeDesign effortMedium1.00infobox
Bascule bridgeFalsework requiredSite and prefabrication specific1.00infobox
Bascule bridgeMaterialSteel1.00infobox
Bascule bridgeMovableYes1.00infobox
Bascule bridgeSpan rangeShort1.00infobox
Bascule bridgerelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Bascule bridgerelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Bascule bridgerelated to External linksBascule0.60section
Bascule bridgerelated to External linksWikimedia Commons0.60section
Bascule bridgerelated to historyBascule0.60section
Bascule bridgerelated to TypesThere0.60section
Bascule bridgerelated to TypesThe0.60section

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