The Strauss Bascule Bridge Company, Inc., engineers and designers of trunnion, bascule and direct lift bridges. (1920)
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it isnot always advantageous to builda bascule bridge in the openposition, Fig. 27 illustrating themethod of building the NorthernPacific Railway bridge in theclosed position, over the DwamishRiver at Seattle. Washington. Inthis instance, it was unnecessaryto maintain navigation, as thechannel had… … The advantageous features of theStrauss Heel Trunnion Type are sum-med up as follows: 1. Moving leaf and counterweight mounted cm separate trunnions, reducing ■ loading on a single 2. Moving leaf trunnions locatedat heel of truss supported at foot of igular counterweight lor approach).pan. giving…
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