Double-beam drawbridge
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A double-beam drawbridge, seesaw or folding bridge is a movable bridge. It opens by rotation about a horizontal axis parallel to the water. Historically, the double-beam drawbridge has emerged from th
Double-beam drawbridge in Delft
The Poortbrug in Leeuwarden bridges the former city moat
Double-beam drawbridge in Vlaardingen
Moveable bridge
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A moveable bridge, or movable bridge, is a bridge that moves to allow passage for boats or barges. In American English, the term is synonymous with drawbridge, and the latter is the common term, but d
Double-beam drawbridge
…Langlois Bridge, an example of a French bridge of this type, painted by Van Gogh Moveable bridges for a list of other moveable bridge types Henk de Jong and Nico Muyen (1995). 2000 years of movable bridges: international guide to known and unknown…
Madison Street Bridge, a bascule bridge over the Chicago River in Chicago, IL
The Rode Brug (Red Bridge) across the Vecht river in Utrecht, Netherlands
The Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge in New York City