Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Power Consumption Tests of a Double Deck Bascule Bridge: A Thesis
The total weight of steel in the bridge is 2025 tons. Each movable leaf weighs about 670 tons and the fixed portion 685 tons. The counterweight in each leaf weighs about 1075 tons, making a total counterweight of 2150 tons.
The length of steel work over all, abutment to abutment, is 355 feet. The distance from center to center of trunnions is 245 feet 3 inches. The width of steel work cver all is 70 feet.
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