Auxiliary Counterweight Vertical Lift

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A auxiliary counterweight vertical lift bridge has diagonal ropes extending from the center of the lift span to the tower that reaches down connecting to the counterweights alongside.

Abandoned W&LE - Cuyahoga River Bridge (Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
Built 1956; abandoned in 2001
Abandoned pennsylvania through truss bridge over Cuyahoga River on Wheeling & Lake Erie RR
Derelict/abandoned Raised

Amtrak - Dock Bridge (Essex County, New Jersey)
Built 1935
Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Passaic River on Amtrak (formerly Pennsylvania RR)
Open to traffic

CRCX - Harsimus Branch Lift (Hudson County, New Jersey)
Built 1930
Pratt through truss bridge over Hackensack River on Conrail Passaic & Harsimus Line
Open to traffic

DM&E - Mississippi River Bridge (Dakota County, Minnesota)
Built 1981
Vertical Lift Bridge with a Warren through truss bridge span over Mississippi River/1st Street on Railroad
Open to rail traffic

GRNW - Clearwater River Bridge (Nez Perce County, Idaho)
Built 1908 for NPRR 1971 swing span pinned closed, lift span drawbridge added
Pratt through truss bridge over Clearwater River & Dike Bypass on Great Northwest Railroad Company (GRNW)
Open

NJT - Upper Hackensack Lift Bridge (Hudson County, New Jersey)
Built 1959 to replace earlier 1901 bridge
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Hackensack River on New Jersey Transit
Open to traffic

NKP - Cuyahoga River Bridge (Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
Built 1956
Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Cuyahoga River on Nickel Plate RR
Open to traffic

UP - Burbank - Hedges Bridge (Benton County, Washington)
Built 1923; rehabilitated 1930, 1952, vertical lift added 1977
Vertical lift bridge over Columbia River on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic