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Overview

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Bascule mechanism

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Counterweight closeup

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Counterweight tower

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Deck view

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Overhead bracing

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Sidewalk

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South side

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Steel grate

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Truss

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Overview
Pony truss bascule bridge over Hillsborough River on Laurel Street in Tampa
Location
Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1926; rehabilitated 1969
Design
Bascule
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 99.4 ft.
Total length: 365.8 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 20.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+27.95361, -82.46528   (decimal degrees)
27°57'13" N, 82°27'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory number
BH 12382 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2007)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 71.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
5,240

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Bascule (442)
Built 1926 (306)
Built during 1920s (4,062)
Florida (195)
Functionally obsolete (5,082)
Hillsborough County, Florida (13)
Hillsborough River (9)
Movable (858)
Open (21,689)
Owned by city (1,914)
Pony truss (9,422)
Span length 75-100 feet (3,269)
Tampa, Florida (7)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,113)
Truss (15,872)
Warren truss (714)

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