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What (who) is swing bridge - definition
Swing bridge
![BNSF Railway bridge]] across the [[Columbia River]] in [[Portland, Oregon]], showing the swing-span section turning.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BNSF Bridge 9.6 swing span turned.jpg?width=200 "BNSF Railway bridge]] across the [[Columbia River]] in [[Portland, Oregon]], showing the swing-span section turning.")
![Chincoteague]], Virginia, now demolished.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chincoteague Channel Swing Bridge 002.jpg?width=200 "Chincoteague]], Virginia, now demolished.")
![A17]] over the [[River Nene]] in [[Lincolnshire]] close to the border with [[Norfolk]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Crosskeys Bridge Sutton Bridge Lincolnshire.JPG?width=200 "A17]] over the [[River Nene]] in [[Lincolnshire]] close to the border with [[Norfolk]].")
![Sinai]]. It is left open most of the time to allow sailing ships to pass in the canal, only closing during the passage of trains.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/El Ferdan Railway Bridge.jpg?width=200 "Sinai]]. It is left open most of the time to allow sailing ships to pass in the canal, only closing during the passage of trains.")
![Lock and Dam 15]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Govt bridge anim2.gif?width=200 "Lock and Dam 15]]")
![Chain Bridge]], Klaipeda](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Klaipeda most obrotowy 1.jpg?width=200 "Chain Bridge]], Klaipeda")
![Navigation Locks Bridge, [[Bonneville Dam]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Navigation Locks Bridge, Bonneville Dam-1.jpg?width=200 "Navigation Locks Bridge, [[Bonneville Dam]]")
![Traffic crossing the Northwich Road swing bridge on the [[Manchester Ship Canal]] at [[Stockton Heath]], [[Warrington]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Northwich Road swing bridge, Warrington.jpg?width=200 "Traffic crossing the Northwich Road swing bridge on the [[Manchester Ship Canal]] at [[Stockton Heath]], [[Warrington]]")
![Poira-Corjuem Bridge, [[Goa]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poira Bridge.JPG?width=200 "Poira-Corjuem Bridge, [[Goa]]")
![The [[Ponte Girevole]] ''San Francesco di Paola'' in [[Taranto]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ponte Girevole Taranto.jpg?width=200 "The [[Ponte Girevole]] ''San Francesco di Paola'' in [[Taranto]]")
![Carmelo Bridge, [[Uruguay]], during its inauguration in 1912.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Puente giratorio de Carmelo en 1912.jpg?width=200 "Carmelo Bridge, [[Uruguay]], during its inauguration in 1912.")
![A swing bridge near [[Belle Glade, Florida]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SpinningDrawbridge.JPG?width=200 "A swing bridge near [[Belle Glade, Florida]]")
![An example of how small swing bridges like this one may be pivoted only at one end, but that does require substantial underground structure to support the pivot. [[Victoria & Alfred Waterfront]], [[Cape Town]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Swing Bridge and ferry in motion.jpg?width=200 "An example of how small swing bridges like this one may be pivoted only at one end, but that does require substantial underground structure to support the pivot. [[Victoria & Alfred Waterfront]], [[Cape Town]].")
MOVABLE BRIDGE THAT HAS A VERTICAL LOCATING PIN AND SUPPORT RING ABOUT WHICH THE TURNING SPAN CAN PIVOT HORIZONTALLY
Swing bridges; Turntable bridge; Swingbridge; Poira -Corjuem Bridge; Swing Bridge; Swing span; Swing-bridge; Poira-Corjuem Bridge; Swinging bridge; List of swing bridges; Swing span bridge
A swing bridge (or swing span bridge) is a movable bridge that has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its center of gravity, about which the swing span (turning span) can then pivot horizontally as shown in the animated illustration to the right. Small swing bridges as found over canals may be pivoted only at one end, opening as would a gate, but require substantial underground structure to support the pivot.
swing bridge
MOVABLE BRIDGE THAT HAS A VERTICAL LOCATING PIN AND SUPPORT RING ABOUT WHICH THE TURNING SPAN CAN PIVOT HORIZONTALLY
Swing bridges; Turntable bridge; Swingbridge; Poira -Corjuem Bridge; Swing Bridge; Swing span; Swing-bridge; Poira-Corjuem Bridge; Swinging bridge; List of swing bridges; Swing span bridge
(swing bridges)
A swing bridge is a low bridge that can be opened either in the middle or on one side in order to let ships pass through.
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swing bridge
MOVABLE BRIDGE THAT HAS A VERTICAL LOCATING PIN AND SUPPORT RING ABOUT WHICH THE TURNING SPAN CAN PIVOT HORIZONTALLY
Swing bridges; Turntable bridge; Swingbridge; Poira -Corjuem Bridge; Swing Bridge; Swing span; Swing-bridge; Poira-Corjuem Bridge; Swinging bridge; List of swing bridges; Swing span bridge
¦ noun a bridge that can be swung to one side to allow ships to pass.
Examples of use of swing bridge
1. Radio Humberside is having a discussion about them as the traffic queues at Hull‘s swing bridge and past a succession of roundabouts to the factory at the heart of the sausage renaissance.
2. Residents know the Obama whistle stop train tour would clatter from Perryville on the far shore, over the long, rusty swing bridge that spans the partly frozen river, where the sea gulls flock and the tow boats push the gravel barges from the quarry upstream.