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Bascule bridge

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a counterpoise or balanced drawbridge, which is opened by sinking the counterpoise and thus lifting the footway into the air.

See also: Bascule



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Byline: NEIL HODGSON A SECTION of Liverpool's dock road could be shut until November 2010 after the iron bascule bridge at Stanley Dock was condemned.
Byline: ANI Kolkata, Mar 19 (ANI): The famed swing bascule bridge at Kidderpore Port in Kolkata was extensively damaged after an empty cargo ship towed by a tug crashed against the guard wall of the bridge on Wednesday.
At the Bascule Bridge, in the centre of of the town, residents said the sea was at least 5ft higher than its usual level by 7.
 
 
 
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