Machinery Bascule Span
View Exhibit mapMachinery bascule span bridges are the early Strauss heel trunnion bascule bridges built from 1910 to 1916 with the drive machinery on the end hip bascule truss span with the pinion carrier on the end of the bascule span.
BO - Calumet River Bridge (Cook County, Illinois)
Built 1912- 1914, Destroyed 1988 leaving but a counterweightLost Baltimore through bridge over Calumet River on B&O Railroad ( 2 tracks)Destroyed by collision
CWI - Calumet River Bridge (Old) (Cook County, Illinois)
Built 1912 ; Replaced in 1968Lost Bridge over Calumet River on Chicago & Western Indiana RailroadReplaced by a new bridge
NH - Cape Cod Canal Bridge (Barnstable County, Massachusetts)
Built 1910; Replaced 1935Lost Bridge over Cape Cod Canal on New York New Haven & Hartford RailroadReplaced by a new bridge
NJTR - HX Draw (Bergen County, New Jersey)
Built 1911Warren through truss bascule bridge over Hackensack River on Railroad (NJ Transit Bergen County Line)Open to traffic
NS - JM Drawbridge (Ashtabula County, Ohio)
Built in 1911 This bascule bridge was also built by the New York Central Line RailroadBridge over Ashtabula River on Norfolk Southern and CSX RailroadStill operatable in service
NS - Port Clinton Bridge (Ottawa County, Ohio)
Built 1915Baltimore through truss bridge over Portage River on Norfolk Southern RailwayOpen to traffic
Pleasure Pier Bridge (Older) (Jefferson County, Texas)
Built 1913. Struck out of alignment in 1916 by the Itlaian steamship Splendor and rebuilt; Replaced 1931Warren through truss bridge over Sabine Neches Canal on Pleasure Pier HighwayReplaced by a new bridge
PPU - Illinois River Bridge (Old) (Peoria County, Illinois)
Built 1911; Replaced 1983 -1985Lost Bridge over Illinois River on Peoria & Pekin Union RailroadReplaced by a new bridge
SP/PE - West Basin Bascule Bridge (Los Angeles County, California)
Built 1912; Removed 1955Lost Warren baltimore through truss bascule bridge over West Basin/Turning Basin on Pacific Electric Railway/Southern Pacific RailroadRemoved
West Ferry Street Bridge (Erie County, New York)
Built 1913Bascule bridge over Black Rock Canal on West Ferry Street in BuffaloOpen to traffic