The existing bridge is one of the famed Chicago-style trunnion bascule bridges. The leaves are suspended on axles with counterweights–bascule means seesaw in French–and the steel trusses are ...

The Bascule Bridge still has a center divider that separates ... workers have removed a cap that encloses one of the original trunnions. Those are the points where the bridge rotates or pivots ...

Among the hallmarks of Chicago are its trunnion bascule bridges, in which the bridge leaves are hinged on opposite river banks. The word “trunnion” comes from a French term for pivot point ...

Wayne County owns and maintains it. Built in 1922, the bridge is a double-leaf, fixed trunnion bascule bridge, or drawbridge. Bridges like it are sometimes called Chicago-style bascules because ...

One lane of the nearly century-old draw bridge opened in each direction at about 5:45 p.m. Thursday. The double-leaf, fixed-trunnion bascule bridge — or draw bridge — closed for construction ...

Charles Berry Bascule Bridge has a new paint job on the outside ... In the temporary system, the bridge decks pivot on temporary trunnions, or rotation points, built for the rehabilitation project.

A testament to Chicago’s incredible bridges The DuSable Bridge where the museum is housed is one of 37 movable bridges within Chicago city limits. It’s a trunnion bascule bridge, meaning it ...

in June 2012 the MDOT presented plans for a European/Dutch-style heel trunnion bascule bridge that officials said met goals of reliability and low maintenance, and would minimize the effect of ...

By the mid-1880s, 35 movable bridges spanned the river. Then in 1902, the Cortland Street Bridge became the first trunnion bascule bridge ever built. Essentially a drawbridge with two halves that ...

That is, the port is ready to lift the drawbridge for cargo ships. But the Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge, after a $2-million repair, will open to cars on Tuesday You can save this article by ...

Those heading to the waterfront in the Port Lands lately have been confounded to find the route to the site inaccessible thanks to issues with the Ship Channel Bridge (also known as the Cherry ...