Check out this bridge

ne7800

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Hey ya'll thought you might like this bridge not sure if it is a popular thing any where else in the world but it is kinda unique in my neck of the woods it swings out of the way

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45Auto

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Re: Check out this bridge

The swing bridges are all over the place down here in southern Louisiana on the smaller bayous (creeks) and on a few of the larger ones. I cross 3 of them on the way to work, go under 1 of them when I launch my boat from downtown Slidell.
 

ne7800

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Re: Check out this bridge

well this is the only one around here that i know of it is so low that when i go under it in my 18' bow rider i only clear it by about 10 or 12 inches
 

levittownnick

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Re: Check out this bridge

I've gone under 2 or 3 of then on the Harlem River between Manhatten and the Bronx in NY.
 

tashasdaddy

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Re: Check out this bridge

there are a lot of them and railroad bridges, that do the same, here in the south.
 

NelsonQ

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Re: Check out this bridge

I'm from the province of Nova Scotia in Canada. The province consists of the mainland peninsula and an island.

The strait between them has a land causeway built of large rock that is 4500 ft long. In the causeway is a swing bridge that is 308 ft long that opens for the passage of large shipping vessels. (The strait is 217 ft deep at its deepest point)
 

QC

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Re: Check out this bridge

I've never sween one before :cool: It would be even better if they could spin 360 degrees. Then if you get on one, and then decide you are going the wrong way, they could simply swing you around . . . Dead easy and safer than a U-turn . . .
 

INJUN

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Re: Check out this bridge

Actually, it is a very popular type of bridge. Even the large ones need only a few hp to move. They are well balanced.
There is one in NYC that is 6 lanes wide.
 

Knot Waiting

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Re: Check out this bridge

Never seen one like that. Most the bridges around here are the ole' draw bridge type. There is one monolithic old train tressel that articulates in the middle to open up both sides of the river though. Sure is a pain when its closed because few boats can slip under hre low clearance.
 

QC

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Re: Check out this bridge

I guess you have to have rivers to have bridges . . . :rolleyes:
 

jay_merrill

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Re: Check out this bridge

I fished underneath one three days ago. Our local fish and game reporter did a story on great fishing under a railroad swing bridge in a place called the rigolets. I caught a bunch of hardheads and a speckled trout - that was it! Dang! I hate it when that happens! To make things worse, the guy next to me caught a 30 pound drum!
 
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