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    A swing bridge (or swing span bridge) is a movable bridge that can be rotated horizontally around a vertical axis. It has as its primary structural support...
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    Andrew Handyside and Company of Derby, the swing bridge opened in 1894 and remains in regular use. The Barton Swing Aqueduct is a direct replacement for the...
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  • place. Swing Bridge may also refer to: Swing Bridge (Belize), in Belize City Swing Bridge (Keeseville, New York), listed on the US NRHP Swing Bridge, River...
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    Barton Road Swing Bridge (or Barton Road Bridge) is a swing bridge for road traffic in Greater Manchester that crosses the Manchester Ship Canal between...
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    Whitby Swing Bridge is a pedestrian and road bridge over the River Esk in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. The River Esk has been crossed by bridges at this...
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    Myton Swing Bridge is a road bridge over the River Hull, in the city of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. The bridge carries the A63 road through...
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  • swing bridge may refer to: Selby swing bridge (1840), a double leaf lifting bascule railway bridge built for the Hull and Selby Railway Selby swing bridge...
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  • Thumbnail for Swing Bridge (Belize)
    The Belize City Swing Bridge is a swing bridge located in downtown Belize City, Belize. It connects the north side of Belize City with the south side and...
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    upriver. Most of the bridges which cross the river are movable, to allow shipping to pass. There are six swing bridges; four bascule bridges, two of which have...
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    The Little Current Swing Bridge is a swing bridge in the Canadian province of Ontario, located at the community of Little Current in the town of Northeastern...
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    the peninsula to the sea lock, a swing bridge carries the Far North railway line across the canal. The first bridge at the site was designed by Joseph...
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    It had a swing span to allow passage of boats in the Moser Channel of the Intracoastal Waterway into Hawk Channel, near where the bridge crosses Pigeon...
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    The Pyrmont Bridge, a heritage-listed swing bridge across Cockle Bay, is located in Darling Harbour, part of Port Jackson, west of the central business...
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    the scheme included the Barton Swing Aqueduct, the first swing aqueduct in the world, and a neighbouring swing bridge for road traffic at Barton, both...
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    The New Westminster Bridge (also known as the New Westminster Rail Bridge (NWRB) or the Fraser River Swing Bridge) is a swing bridge that crosses the Fraser...
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    Bailey bridge, Medium Girder Bridge, and Armoured vehicle-launched bridge – transportable or relocatable bridges. Barton Swing Aqueduct, a swing bridge carrying...
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    The Acton swing bridge is a swing bridge spanning the River Weaver in the village of Acton Bridge in north Cheshire, England. First operated in 1933,...
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    North East Lincolnshire, England. Built in 1925, it replaced an earlier swing bridge dating to 1872. The Grimsby Improvement Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. x)...
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    The Michael Davitt Bridge (Irish: Droichead Mhícheál Mhic Dháibhéid) is a swing bridge on the R319 road in County Mayo, Ireland that crosses from Achill...
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    The Aber Swing Bridge, also known as the Pont yr Aber and Caernarfon swing bridge, is a pedestrian swing bridge in Gwynedd, Wales. This footbridge crosses...
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  • Thumbnail for East Haddam Swing Bridge
    The East Haddam Swing Bridge is a steel, movable (swing) truss bridge. The bridge is composed of three spans crossing the Connecticut River between Haddam...
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    The Rock Island Swing Bridge was a swing bridge that spanned the Mississippi River between Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, and St. Paul Park, Minnesota...
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    The Glebe Island Bridge is a heritage-listed disused swing Allan truss road bridge that carried Victoria Road (as Bank Street) across Johnstons Bay, located...
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  • Thumbnail for Reedham Swing Bridge
    Reedham Swing Bridge, on the site of a Victorian swing bridge, is still in use at Reedham, Norfolk, England. It carries the Wherry railway line, between...
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    The Victoria Swing Bridge is a swing bridge in Leith docks, Edinburgh, Scotland, which carries a dock road (and previously twin railway lines) across the...
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    The Swing Bridge is a swing bridge over the River Tyne, England, connecting Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, and lying between the Tyne Bridge and the...
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    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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    and replaced an older swing bridge that was completed in 1950 as the South Capitol Street Bridge. In 1965, the original bridge was renamed after abolitionist...
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    Clackmannanshire – Kincardine Swing Bridge". London: The Transport Trust. Kincardine Bridge at Structurae "The Kincardine Bridge: Celebrating 85 Years". Scottish...
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    The Alloa Swing Bridge was a railway swing bridge across the River Forth that connected Throsk and Alloa as part of the Alloa Railway. The structure was...
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