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===United States=== [[File:Chincoteague Channel Swing Bridge 002.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The former [[Chincoteague Channel]] Swing Bridge in [[Chincoteague, Virginia|Chincoteague]], Virginia, now demolished.]] The largest double swing-span bridge in the United States is the {{convert|3250|ft|m}} long, {{convert|450|ft|m}} navigable span, {{convert|60|ft|m}} clearance [[George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/george_p_coleman.html |title=BUILDING BIG: Databank: George P. Coleman Bridge |website=Pbs.org |date=13 May 1995 |access-date=17 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002010/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/george_p_coleman.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> * [[CSX Transportation|CSXT]] [[Blackwater River (Florida)|Blackwater River]] bridge in [[Milton, Florida]]. * Alanson Swing Bridge, billed as America's shortest swing bridge, crossing the [[Crooked River (Michigan)|Crooked River]] in [[Alanson, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Alanson Swing Bridge |url=https://fairbairnrealtyblog.com/2021/08/26/alanson-swing-bridge/ |website=fairbairnrealtyblog.com |date=26 August 2021 |publisher=Northern Michigan lifestyle, history & real estate blog |access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref> The world's shortest are located in the United Kingdom over some of the narrowest canals in the world, for example on the [[Stroudwater Navigation]],<ref name="SVCC">{{cite web |title=Moveable Bridges |url=https://www.stroudvalleyscanal.co.uk/swingBridges |website=Stroud Valleys Canal Company |access-date=12 April 2023}}</ref> or, see Yar Swing Bridge above. * [[Ben Sawyer Bridge]], connecting the city of [[Mount Pleasant, South Carolina]], with [[Sullivan's Island]] * [[Berkley–Dighton Bridge (1896)]], connecting the towns of [[Berkley, Massachusetts|Berkley]] and [[Dighton, Massachusetts]], crossing the [[Taunton River]]; removed in 2010. The [[Berkley–Dighton Bridge|replacement bridge]] is not a swing structure. * Black Point Bridge carrying [[Northwestern Pacific Railroad]] over the [[Petaluma River]] at [[Black Point-Green Point, California]] * [[Blackburn Point Bridge|Blackburn Point Road Bridge]], over the [[Intracoastal Waterway]] in [[Osprey, Florida]] * Bridge No. 4455, Central Avenue over Lewis Gut, [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]] (1924 steel swing bridge) * [[Boca Grande Causeway]], Built in 1958, this bridge is used for passage between Placida, FL to the island of Boca Grande. The original swing bridge was replaced by the current swing bridge in late 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://giba.us/about-us/ |website=Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority |date=11 March 2022 |access-date=30 April 2024}}</ref> * [[Bridgeport Swing Bridge]], [[Bridgeport, Alabama]] (demolished in the late 1970s, replaced with new span) * [[Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge 9.6]] (or BNSF Railway Bridge 9.6), crossing the [[Columbia River]], from [[Portland, Oregon]], to [[Vancouver, Washington]], built in 1908.<ref name=wood-wortman>{{cite book | last= Wood Wortman | first= Sharon |author2=Wortman, Ed | title = The Portland Bridge Book | publisher = Urban Adventure Press | date = 2006 | pages = 119–120 | isbn= 0-9787365-1-6 | edition= 3rd }}</ref> * [[Center Street Bridge (Cleveland)|Center Street Bridge]], [[Cleveland]], Ohio (1901)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=41.494300,-81.703500&ie=UTF8&t=k&ll=41.495000,-81.704700&spn=0.000100,0.000100&z=19 |title=Google Maps |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> * [[Chef Menteur Bridge]], near [[Slidell, Louisiana]] * [[Chincoteague Channel]] Swing Bridge, [[Chincoteague, Virginia]] (demolished) * [[Choptank River]], modest swing bridge carrying former Baltimore & Eastern Railroad (PRR subsidiary) at [[Denton, Maryland]] (disused and isolated) * [[Clinton Railroad Bridge]] crossing the [[Mississippi River]], [[Clinton, Iowa]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=155001 |title=Photo: UP 8007 Union Pacific EMD SD9043MAC at Clinton, Iowa by Eric Salter |website=Railpictures.net |access-date=17 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171948/http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=155001 |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=154999 |title=Photo: UP 3806 Union Pacific EMD SD70M at Clinton, Iowa by Eric Salter |website=Railpictures.net |access-date=17 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174747/http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=154999 |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref> * [[Columbus Drive (Tampa)|Columbus Drive]] Bridge, [[Tampa, Florida]], a bobtail swing bridge over the [[Hillsborough River (Florida)|Hillsborough River]] * CSX Rail Bridge, [[Indiantown, Florida]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=27.011764,-80.4561&spn=0.013535,0.019205&t=h&z=16 |title=Google Maps |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> * Curtis Creek Rail Bridge, [[Baltimore]], Maryland<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&z=18&ll=39.201078,-76.576091&spn=0.00274,0.003932 |title=Google Maps |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> * [[Deweyville Swing Bridge]], crossing the [[Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana)|Sabine River]] east of [[Deweyville, Texas]] * [[Dubuque Rail Bridge]], crossing the [[Mississippi River]] and connecting [[Dubuque, Iowa]] with [[East Dubuque, Illinois]] * [[Dumbarton Rail Bridge]], crossing [[San Francisco Bay]] in [[California]] (1910); since being decommissioned, the swing portion of the bridge has been welded open. * [[East Haddam Bridge]], [[Route 82 (Connecticut)|Route 82]] over the [[Connecticut River]], [[East Haddam, Connecticut]] (1913) * [[Fort Madison Toll Bridge]], crossing the [[Mississippi River]] and connecting [[Fort Madison, Iowa]] with [[Niota, Illinois]] * [[Fort Pike Bridge]], near [[Slidell, Louisiana|Slidell]] and [[New Orleans]], Louisiana * [[Fort Denaud Bridge]], near [[LaBelle, Florida|LaBelle]] and [[Alva, Florida]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hendryfla.net/county_engineer/historic_fort_denaud_swing_span_bridge.php|title=Historic Fort Denaud Swing Span Bridge, History of the Fort Denaud Bridge The Fort Denaud Bride is a vital link between residents and agricultural operations on both sides of the Caloosahatchee River|website=hendryfla.net|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116004225/http://www.hendryfla.net/county_engineer/historic_fort_denaud_swing_span_bridge.php|archive-date=16 January 2018}}</ref> [[File:SpinningDrawbridge.JPG|thumb|right|200px|A swing bridge near [[Belle Glade, Florida]]]] * [[Figure Eight Island Bridge]], north of [[Wilmington, North Carolina]] * [[Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge]], Washington, D.C. * [[George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge]], over the [[York River (Virginia)|York River]] between [[Yorktown, Virginia|Yorktown]] and [[Gloucester Point, Virginia]] * [[Gianella Bridge]], near Hamilton City California, connecting Glenn and Butte Counties over the Sacramento River, It was built in 1937 and demolished in 1987. * [[Government Bridge]] on the [[Mississippi River]] between [[Davenport, Iowa]] and [[Rock Island, Illinois]] (1896) * [[Grand Haven GTW RR Swing Bridge]], connecting [[Grand Haven, Michigan|Grand Haven]] and [[Ferrysburg, Michigan]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Bridges/GTWGrandHavenSwingBridge.htm |title=Bridge: GTW Grand Haven Swing Bridge |website=Michiganrailroads.com |access-date=17 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172853/http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Bridges/GTWGrandHavenSwingBridge.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref> * [[Grand Rapids Swing Bridge]], [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]] * [[Grosse Ile Toll Bridge]] and nearby [[Wayne County Bridge]], [[Grosse Ile, Michigan]] * [[Hannibal Bridge]] (1869, demolished) and [[Second Hannibal Bridge]] (1917), [[Kansas City, Missouri]], crossing the [[Missouri River]] * [[Harlem River]] bridges in New York City, including from south to north: ** [[Willis Avenue Bridge]] ** [[Third Avenue Bridge (Manhattan)|Third Avenue Bridge]] ** [[Madison Avenue Bridge]] ** [[145th Street Bridge]] ** [[Macombs Dam Bridge]] ** [[University Heights Bridge]] ** [[Spuyten Duyvil Bridge]] * [[Harmar Railroad Bridge]], [[Marietta, Ohio]] * [[Hodgdon Island Bridge]], [[Boothbay, Maine]]. This is one of two manual swing bridges in Maine (see Songo Locks in Naples, Maine) [[File:I Street Bridge Sacramento.jpg|thumb|right|The swing span of the double-deck [[I Street Bridge]], in [[Sacramento]], open for a ship.]] * [[I Street Bridge]], [[Sacramento, California]] * [[India Point Railroad Bridge]], [[Providence, Rhode Island]] crossing the [[Seekonk River]] * International Railway Bridge connecting [[Buffalo, New York]] and [[Fort Erie, Ontario]], Canada<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buffaloah.com/a/intrnl/index.html |title=International Railroad Bridge |website=Buffaloah.com |access-date=17 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231644/http://www.buffaloah.com/a/intrnl/index.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref> * [[La Crosse Rail Bridge]], crossing the [[Mississippi River]] between [[La Crescent, Minnesota]], and [[La Crosse, Wisconsin]] * [[Livingston Avenue Bridge]], [[Albany, New York]] * [[Mathers Bridge]], connecting [[Merritt Island, Florida|Merritt Island]] to [[Indian Harbour Beach, Florida]] across the [[Banana River]] * Middle Branch of [[Patapsco River]] Rail Bridge, near [[Camden Yards]], [[Baltimore]], Maryland<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=39.265313,-76.62406&spn=0.005474,0.007864&t=h&om=1 |title=Google Maps |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> * Mystic River Railroad Bridge, [[Mystic, Connecticut]], carries [[Amtrak]]'s [[Northeast Corridor]] tracks over the [[Mystic River (Connecticut)|Mystic River]].<ref name=smart>Amtrak Moveable Bridge Smart Card</ref> * [[Nature Coast State Trail]], over the [[Suwannee River]] between [[Wilcox, Florida]] and [[Old Town, Florida]] * [[New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge]], connecting [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]] and [[Fairhaven, Massachusetts]] * [[New Richmond Swing Bridge]], near [[Fennville, Michigan]] * [[Norfolk Southern Railway]] Bridge crossing the [[Maumee River]], [[Toledo, Ohio]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=41.6322,-83.531209&spn=0.001371,0.002376&om=0 |title=Google Maps |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=161541 |title=Photo: NS 9869 Norfolk Southern GE C40-9W (Dash 9-40CW) at Toledo, Ohio by Matt Smith |website=Railpictures.net |access-date=17 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183327/http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=161541 |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref> * [[Norfolk Southern Railway]] Bridge crossing the [[Ocmulgee River]] in [[Lumber City, Georgia]] ({{convert|2800|ft}} long; built 1916) (electrical swing components removed)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?q=31.930033,-82.683723&ie=UTF8&ll=31.919794,-82.674823&spn=0.003961,0.00677&t=k&z=17 |title=Google Maps |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> * [[Northern Avenue Bridge]] over [[Fort Point Channel]] in [[Boston]], Massachusetts (1908 steel truss) * North Landing Bridge, built in the 1950s, on the [[Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway]] where it forms part of the border between Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, Virginia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofchesapeake.net/government/City-Departments/Departments/Public-Works-Department/Divisions/bridges/bridges-northlanding.htm|title=North Landing Bridge (Mt. Pleasant Rd)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816234601/http://www.cityofchesapeake.net/government/City-Departments/Departments/Public-Works-Department/Divisions/bridges/bridges-northlanding.htm|archive-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> * [[Omaha Road Bridge Number 15]], an asymmetrical single-track railroad bridge over the [[Mississippi River]] between [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]] and [[Lilydale, Minnesota]] (1916) * [[Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge]] (1908), [[Portland, Oregon]] * [[Padanaram Bridge]] on the causeway protecting Apponagansett Bay in [[Dartmouth, Massachusetts]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=dartmouth,+ma&sll=41.545589-70.86731&sspn=1.171699,3.955078&ie=UTF8&ll=41.582515,-70.943913&spn=0.018297,0.04549&t=h&z=15 |title=Google Maps |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> * [[List of crossings of the Lower Passaic River|Passaic River]] in [[Newark, New Jersey]] ** [[Jackson Street Bridge]] ** [[Bridge Street Bridge (Newark)|Bridge Street Bridge]] ** [[Clay Street Bridge]] * [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s [[Shellpot Branch]] over the [[Christina River]] in [[Wilmington, Delaware]] (original two-track bridge replaced with a single-track bridge in 2003) * [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s [[Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Bridge No. 1|South Philadelphia Branch Bridge]] over the [[Schuylkill River]], [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania * [[Point Street Bridge]], [[Providence, Rhode Island]] crossing the [[Providence River]] * [[Portal Bridge]], carrying the [[Northeast Corridor]] over the [[Hackensack River]] between [[Kearny, New Jersey|Kearny]] and [[Secaucus, New Jersey]] * [[Providence & Worcester railroad bridge]], [[Middletown, Connecticut]] * [[Richard V. Woods Memorial Bridge]] over the Beaufort River/Intracoastal Waterway in [[Beaufort, South Carolina|Beaufort]], South Carolina[[File:Navigation Locks Bridge, Bonneville Dam-1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Navigation Locks Bridge, [[Bonneville Dam]]]] * [[Riverside-Delanco Bridge]] over [[Rancocas Creek]] in [[New Jersey]] * [[Rock Island Swing Bridge]] over the [[Mississippi River]] between [[Inver Grove Heights]] and [[St. Paul Park, Minnesota]] * "S" Swing Bridge over the [[Perquimans River]], [[Hertford, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visitnc.com/listing/historic-s-swing-bridge|title=Historic "S" Swing Bridge |website=visitnc.com|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226201212/https://www.visitnc.com/listing/historic-s-swing-bridge|archive-date=26 February 2018}}</ref> * [[Sakonnet River rail bridge]], crossing the [[Sakonnet River]] between [[Tiverton, Rhode Island|Tiverton]] and [[Portsmouth, Rhode Island|Portsmouth]], Rhode Island * [[Saugatuck River Bridge]] (Bridge No. 1349), [[Route 136 (Connecticut)|Route 136]] over the [[Saugatuck River]], [[Westport, Connecticut]] (1884 iron-truss swing bridge) * Shaw Cove Railroad Bridge, [[New London, Connecticut]], carrying [[Amtrak]]'s [[Northeast Corridor]] tracks over the entrance to Shaw Cove in New London<ref name=smart /> * [[Snow-Reed Swing Bridge]], [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]], crossing the [[New River (Broward County, Florida)|New River]] and connecting the Sailboat Bend neighborhood with the Riverside Park neighborhood * [[Songo Lock]] Bridge, Naples, Maine; carries Songo Lock Road over the [[Songo River]] just upstream of the lock. Powered by human operator turning gears using a removable crank. Not to be confused with a former swing bridge about two miles upstream which carried [[U.S. Route 302|US 302]] until replaced with a fixed span in May 2012. * [[South Bristol, Maine]] Asymmetric swing bridge connecting Rutherford Island to the mainland. * [[Southport, ME]] connects Southport Island to Boothbay Harbor on Route 27. * [[Spokane Street Bridge]] over the [[Duwamish Waterway]] in [[Seattle]], Washington, built 1991. Features two reinforced concrete, serial swing spans, each rotating 45 degrees<ref>{{cite web|title=West Seattle Connection: World's Only Hydraulically Operated Double-Leaf Concrete Swing Bridge|url=http://courses.washington.edu/cm510/Swing.pdf|publisher=City of Seattle Engineering Department|access-date=25 February 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212620/http://courses.washington.edu/cm510/Swing.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> * [[St. Joseph Swing Bridge]] over the [[Missouri River]], [[St. Joseph, Missouri]] (1904)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://railroadfan.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-33509 |title=Freight – Q324 Crosses the St. Joseph River on a wonderful may evening – Railroadfan.com Photo Gallery |website=Railroadfan.com |date=9 June 2007 |access-date=17 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203625/http://railroadfan.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-33509 |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref> * [[Surf City, North Carolina#Bridges|Topsail Island Swing Bridge]], [[Surf City, North Carolina]] (Constructed in the 1950s, the swing bridge was demolished after being replaced by a fixed-span high rise bridge in 2018). * [[Michigan Central Railroad#Trail Creek swing bridge|Trail Creek Swing Bridge]] in [[Michigan City, Indiana]], carrying the [[Michigan Central Railroad]] (now operated by [[Amtrak]]) * [[Torry Island Swing Bridge]], Torry Island, Florida * [[Umpqua River Bridge]] near [[Reedsport, Oregon]] on US-101 * [[Victory Bridge (New Jersey)|Victory Bridge]], crossing the [[Raritan River]] in [[Perth Amboy, New Jersey]] (taken down in 2003) * [[Walt Disney World Railroad]] (former [[Florida East Coast Railway]]) swing bridge, [[Bay Lake, Florida]]<ref name="Leaphart">{{Cite book|last=Leaphart|first=David|year=2016|title=Walt Disney World Railroads Part 3: Yucatan Jewels|edition=1st|pages=148–149|publisher=Steel Wheel on Steel Rail Studio|isbn=978-1-533-03707-7}}</ref> * [[Woods Memorial Bridge]] over the Beaufort River in [[Beaufort, South Carolina]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=beaufort,+sc&ie=UTF8&ll=32.428106,-80.668724&spn=0.003939,0.00677&t=k&z=17 |title=Google Maps |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> * [[Yancopin Bridge]], [[Arkansas River]], southeastern [[Arkansas]]. Former [[Missouri Pacific]] railroad bridge with separate [[Vertical-lift bridge|vertical-lift]] and swing trusses now part of [[rail-trail]]; swing span now manually operated * [[State Hwy 87 northbound bridge]] the eastern boundary of [[Bridge City, Texas]] Omaha NE Turn Style Bridge is now a historical landmark. Located 86H674H5+98 Used for rail transport. Connecting Council Bluffs, Iowa to downtown Omaha, Nebraska
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