Rigid Connected Tower Vertical Lift

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Rigid connected tower lift bridges are either a truss or girders between two towers.

Bayou Boeuf/Kraemer Bridge (Lafourche Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1976
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Boeuf on LA 307
Open to traffic

Bayou La Batre Bridge (Mobile County, Alabama)
Built 1984
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou La Batre on AL 188 in Grand Bay
Open to traffic

Bayou La Loutre LA 46 Bridge (St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1957
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou La Loutre on LA 46
Open to traffic

Bayou LaCarpe LA 661 Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1964
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou LaCarpe on LA 661 in Houma
Open to traffic

Bayou Little Caillou LA 24 Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1941
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Little Caillou on LA 24 in Houma
Open to traffic

Bayou Little Caillou LA 58 Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1965
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Little Caillou on LA 58 in Chauvin
Open to traffic

Bayou Pierre Part Bridge (Assumption Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1988
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Pierre Part on Lee Drive in Pierre Part
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 3361 Bridge (St. Martin Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1951
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 3361 in Breaux Bridge
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 350 Bridge (St. Martin Parish, Louisiana)
Built ca. 1950
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 350
Open to traffic

Bayou Terrebonne LA 3087 Bridge (1965) (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1965; Closed 2011; Replaced with new bridge 2013
Lost vertical lift bridge over Bayou Terrebonne on Prospect Blvd. (LA 3087) in Houma
Replaced by new bridge

Bayou Terrebonne LA 57/24 Lift Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 2006
Deck girder bridge over Terrebonne Bayou on LA 24 Grand Caillou Road
Open to traffic

Bayou Terrebonne LA 58 Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1963
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Terrebonne on LA 58 in Montegut
Open to traffic

Bayou Vermilion LA 14 Bridge (Vermilion Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1938
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Vermilion on LA 14 at Abbeville
Open to traffic

Bayou Vermilion LA 14 Bypass Bridge (Vermilion Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1964
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Vermilion on LA 14 Bypass at Abbeville
Open to traffic

Bayou Vermilion LA 182 Bridge (Lafayette Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1981
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Vermilion on LA 182 (Pinhook Rd) in Lafayette
Open to traffic

Bayou Vermilion LA 733 Bridge (Lafayette Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1951
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Vermilion on LA 733 in Lafayette
Open to traffic

Bayou Vermilion LA 92 Bridge (Lafayette Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1948
Vertical lift bridge over the Bayou Vermilion on LA 92 at Milton
Open to traffic

Bullards Bridge (Coos County, Oregon)
Built 1952
Vertical lift bridge over Coquille River on US 101
Open to traffic

Buquet Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1976
Vertical lift bridge over Grand Caillou Bayou on Falgout Canal Road
Open to traffic

Caddo Lake Bridge (Caddo Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1914; lift mechanism disabled in the 1940s; replacement bridge built 1994; rehabilitated and reopened as a pedestrian bridge in 1995
Vertical lift bridge over Caddo Lake on LA 538 at Mooringsport
Open to pedestrians only

Combon Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1990
Vertical lift bridge over Grand Caillou Bayou on Combon Bridge Road just off LA 57
Open to traffic

CRCX - Paulsboro Draw (New) (Gloucester County, New Jersey)
Opened to service Feb. 2015
Pony plate girder vertical lift bridge over Mantua Creek on CRCX
Open to traffic

CSX - Anacostia River Bridge (Washington, District of Columbia)
Built 1892, rebuilt 1972; partially collapsed in Nov. 2007 when runaway coal train derailed on bridge; repaired and put back into service.
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Anacostia River on Conrail/CSX RR
Open to traffic

CSX - Cooper River Bridge (Berkeley County, South Carolina)
Built 1943
Through truss Bridge over Cooper River on CSX RR
Open to traffic

CSX - Rantowles Creek Bridge (Charleston County, South Carolina)
Built 1925;
Girder bridge over Rantowles Creek on Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Open to traffic

Delcambre Canal LA 14 Bridge (1936) (Iberia Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1936, replaced 1998
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Delcambre Canal on Route 14
Replaced by a new bridge

DL&W - Morris & Essex Canal Bridge (Passaic County, New Jersey)
Lost Deck plate girder lift bridge over Morris & Essex Canal on Delaware Lackawanna & Western RR
No longer exists

FEC - Port Mayaca Drawbridge (Martin County, Florida)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over St. Lucie Canal on South Central Florida Express (formerly the South Central Florida Railroad)
Open to traffic

FEC - West Palm Beach Canal Bridge (Palm Beach County, Florida)
Built 1924 towers and machinery were removed
Deck plate girder bridge over West Palm Beach Canal on Florida East Coast RW
Open to traffic but the towers mahinery removed

FIR - Industrial Flats Lift Bridge (Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
Built 1953
Through truss bridge over Cuyahoga River on Flats Industrial Railroad
Open to traffic but seldom used

Fourth Street Bridge (Auglaize County, Ohio)
Built 1901
Lost Lift bridge over the Miami & Erie Canal on 4th Street in Minster
No longer exists

Golden Meadow Lift Bridge (Lafourche Parish, Louisiana)
Built ca. 1970
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Lafourche on LA 308 in Golden Meadow
Open to traffic

Halsted Street Lift Bridge (Cook County, Illinois)
Built 1894
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over South Branch Chicago River on Halsted Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Lake City Bridge (Craighead County, Arkansas)
Built 1934 by the Vincennes Bridge Co. of Vincennes, Indiana. Replaced by a four-lane bridge in 1998.
Abandoned vertical-lift bridge over St. Francis River on AR 18 at Lake City
Bridge demolished except for the main lift span, which has been relocated slightly and preserved

Lake Pend Oreille Bridge (Bonner County, Idaho)
Built 1908-10, removed 1934
Timber stringer and lift bridge over Lake Pond Oreille on Wagon
Replaced by a new bridge

Lamb-Fish Bridge (Tallahatchie County, Mississippi)
Built 1905 by the American Bridge Co.
Vertical lift bridge over the Tallahatchie River on Levee Road
Open to traffic

LDRR - Delcambre Canal Bridge (Iberia Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1910 by the American Bridge Co.
Draw bridge over Delcambre Canal on the Louisiana & Delta Railroad
Open to traffic

Le Pont D'or Bridge (Lafourche Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1993
Bridge over Bayou Lafourche on LA 649
Open to traffic

Mantua Creek Bridge (Gloucester County, New Jersey)
Built 1935
Vertical lift bridge over Mantua Creek on NJ 44 in Paulsboro
Open to traffic

ML&T - Big Choctaw Bayou Bridge (Tensas Parish, Louisiana)
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Big Choctaw Bayou on ML&T RR
Demolished

Moss Bluff Drawbridge (Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1968
Vertical lift bridge over West Fork Calcasieu River on LA 378 in Moss Bluff
Open to traffic

Murray Morgan Bridge (Pierce County, Washington)
Opened Feb. 15, 1913; rehabilitated 1957; closed 2007; rehabilitated 2012-3
Vertical lift bridge over Foss Waterway on E. 11th Street in Tacoma
Open to traffic

NS - Iron Curtain Bridge (1956) (Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
Built 1956
Warren through truss with all verticals lift bridge over Cuyahoga River on Norfolk Southern Railway
Open to traffic

NWS Yorktown Ammunition Pier Lift Bridge (York County, Virginia)
Built 1963
Lost Bridge over York River on York Naval
Open to authorized vehicles only

Old River Canal LA 15 Bridge (Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1965
Vertical lift bridge over Old River Nav. Canal on LA 15
Open to traffic

Oldmans Creek Bridge (Salem County, New Jersey)
Built 1936; altered 1968ca; rehabilitated 1996
Vertical lift bridge over Oldmans Creek on US 130
Open to traffic

Panhandle Road Bridge (Grays Harbor County, Washington)
Built 1930; rehabilitated 1985
Vertical lift bridge over East Fork Hoquiam River on Panhandle Road in Hoquiam
Open to traffic

Point Pleasant Canal Bridge (Ocean County, New Jersey)
Built 1972
Vertical lift bridge over Point Pleasant Canal on NJ 13 in Point Pleasant
Open to traffic

Puentelevadizo Laguna de Lobina (Culebra, Puerto Rico)
Built 1979; rehabilitated 2010;
Bailey pony truss vertical lift bridge over Laguna de Lobina on PR 250
Open to traffic; lift no longer in use

Raccoon Creek Bridge (Gloucester County, New Jersey)
Built 1940
Vertical lift bridge over Raccoon Creek on US 130
Replaced by a new bridge

Raceland Lift Bridge (Lafourche Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1936; rehabilitated 1956
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Lafourche on LA 182 (old US 90) in Raceland
Open to traffic

Raceland Lift Span Bridge (Lafourche Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1968
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Lafourche on LA 308 in Raceland
Open to traffic

SAL - Ogeechee River Bridge (Bryan County, Georgia)
Built 1926
Lost Deck girder bridge over Ogeechee River on SAL RR
Abandoned, with main span removed

South Lafourche Bridge (Lafourche Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1972
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Lafourche on LA 308S in Galliano
Open to traffic

UP - San Bernard River Bridge (2018) (Brazoria County, Texas)
Built 2018
Pony/through plate girder bridge over San Bernard River on Union Pacific
Open to traffic

UP - Victoria Barge Canal Bridge (Victoria County, Texas)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Victoria Barge Canal on Railroad
Open to traffic

Vilano Beach Bridge (Old) (St. Johns County, Florida)
Built 1949; Replaced 1995; East approach remains as a pier.
Lost Pratt pony truss bridge over Tolomato River on State Route A1A Coastal Highway
Replaced by a new bridge

Willow Avenue Bridge (1964) (Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
Built 1964; Replaced through-truss swing bridge; rehabilitated 1987 and 2010; currently on list to be replaced
Through truss bridge over Cuyahoga River on River Road/Willow Avenue/Whiskey Island Drive
Open to traffic

Wisconsin Avenue Bridge (1925) (Outagamie County, Wisconsin)
Built 1925, replacing earlier Swing bridge on the same site. Replaced 1984
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Fox River (US Army Corps of Engineers Canal) on Wisconsin Avenue / Island Street (now part of Wisconsin Avenue)
Replaced by new bridge

Wisconsin Avenue Bridge (1984) (Outagamie County, Wisconsin)
Built 1984
Vertical lift bridge over US Government Canal Fox River on Wisconsin Avenue in Kaukauna
Open to traffic