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Cape Cod Rail Bridge

© Lydia Williams

Cape Cod Rail Bridge

Uploaded: November 11, 2013

Description

This bridge was constructed beginning in 1933 by the Public Works Administration from a design by firms Parsons, Klapp, Brinckerhoff, and Douglas as well as Mead and White (both of New York), for the United States Army Corps of Engineers, which operates both the bridge and the canal. The bridge has a 544-foot (166 m) main span, with a 135-foot (41 m) clearance when raised,[1] uses 1,100-short-ton (1,000 t)[3] counterweights on each end, and opened on December 29, 1935.[2] The bridge replaced a bascule bridge that had been built in 1910.

At the time of its completion, it was the longest vertical lift span in the world.[4] It is now the second longest lift bridge in the United States, the longest being the Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge between New Jersey and Staten Island, New York.

http://capecodrails.railfan.net/buzbay/buzbay.html

Exif: F Number: 7.1, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/125 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 100, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 27.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS REBEL T3

Comments

Wm Nosal November 13, 2013

Beautiful Capture Lydia!
Good Looking Bridge #1552445

Lydia Williams level-classic November 13, 2013

Thanks, Wm...It was a magnificent bridge and lifted by cement blocks... #10898007

Wm Nosal November 13, 2013

A Seniors Tour Of Bridges? #10898019

Lydia Williams level-classic November 13, 2013

Well....after visiting the Scallop festival and had an awesome scallop meal, and also shopping at the craft fair, we all went for a cruise down the canal...where we saw this bridge and the Bourne Bridge....fun day with the senior jet set!!
#10898068

Wm Nosal November 13, 2013

:) I Love Scallops, Bacon Wrapped! Their Great Raw Too!

Sounds Like A Great Day, Lydia!
Ha! The Bus Is Just A Jet Without
Wings :) #10898347

Lydia Williams level-classic November 14, 2013

Me too, Have not had them raw tho..It was a fun day, new bus too..bingo on the way there, and movie and brownie on the way back....and lunch and canal cruise all for $70 Great day #10898592

Reynaldo D. Reyes level-classic November 15, 2013

Fabulous shot, so sharp and detailed. Love the clouds and blue sky as backdrop. Excellent info too. I always appreciate the engineering marvel of construction. #10899861

Lydia Williams level-classic November 16, 2013

Thank you, Rey...I too was delighted to hear about this stone bridge...and was a grand sight...and beautiful day...:) #10900256

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