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The White Cart Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge at Inchinnan just to the West of Glasgow. Built in 1923 by Sir William Arrol and Co, it's one of only two rolling lift bridges left in Scotland.

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#glasgow #inchinnan #bridge #basculebridge #rollingliftbridge #engineering
May 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Tower Bridge #kfrontdesigns #photography #towerbridge #towerbridgelondon #london #england #unitedkingdom #suspensionbridge #basculebridge #cantileverbridge #bridge #bridges_aroundtheworld #bridgesoflondon #rainyday #lamppost #redumbrella
April 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Winter light, Isleton Bridge, Sacramento River Delta (2016). Part of my putative "The Bridges of Sacramento County" series.

#photography #LandscapePhotography #SacramentoRiver #SacramentoDelta #California #BasculeBridge #Winter
A bright yellow bascule bridge (drawbridge, more or less) spans the Sacramento River just outside Isleton on California's Sacramento Delta. The water is unusually still and reflects the bridge and the late wintry sky's darkness.
May 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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I 💙 Photography 💙 Tower Bridge London #TowerBridge #London #Londonlandmarks #Bridges #Architecture #Gothic #Victorian #Englishheritage #Fotos #Photography #Photos #Basculebridge #Suspensionbridge #England #Englishtourism #RiverThames #Londonsights #Sun #Clouds #Bluesky #Photographers #Picturesque
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge[1] in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel.[2] It crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the City Bridge Foundation, a charitable trust founded in 1282. The bridge was constructed to connect the 39 per cent of London's population that lived east of London Bridge, equivalent to the populations of "Manchester on the one side, and Liverpool on the other",[3] while allowing shipping to access the Pool of London between the Tower of London and London Bridge. The bridge was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales, and Alexandra, Princess of Wales, on 30 June 1894. The bridge is 940 feet (290 m) in length including the abutments[4] and consists of two 213-foot (65 m) bridge towers connected at the upper level by two horizontal walkways, and a central pair of bascules that can open to allow shipping. Originally hydraulically powered, the operating mechanism was converted to an electro-hydraulic system in 1972. The bridge is part of the London Inner Ring Road and thus the boundary of the London congestion charge zone, and remains an important traffic route with 40,000 crossings every day. The bridge deck is freely accessible to both vehicles and pedestrians, whereas the bridge's twin towers, high-level walkways, and Victorian engine rooms form part of the Tower Bridge Exhibition. Tower Bridge has become a recognisable London landmark. It is sometimes confused with London Bridge, about 0.5 miles (800 m) upstream, which has led to a persistent urban legend about an American purchasing the wrong bridge.
January 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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The #basculeBridge on #Sonderborg #Denmark #silentsunday - Photo taken in Sep 2023

📷: SONY ILCE-7M4, FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS | 37mm | 1/2000s @ f4, ISO 100

📍: Sønderborg, #Denmark 🇩🇰
An art installation of a giant ring of steel in the foreground, and the harbour pier in the background with a bridge and a few sailing boats going under the pulled up bridge in the background
August 30, 2026 at 7:30 AM