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DeaconG:
In Philly, the 34th Street drawbridge in Grays Ferry hasn't opened (AFAIK) since the 1960's when I was a wee lad.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9426899,-75.1965786,221m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

Until the South Street bridge was reconstructed, it was a locked down drawbridge.

adventurernumber1:
This may be an obvious one, but I believe the original Zilwaukee Bridge on I-75 in Saginaw, Michigan (from the early '6os) was a bascule. In session for almost 30 years, it was then replaced by the current segmental Zilwaukee Bridge which is much higher. Evidently the logistical headache of the original drawbridge was part of the reasoning for the existence of I-675. This is definitely an interesting part of the original Interstate Highway System.

Dirt Roads:

--- Quote from: adventurernumber1 on May 16, 2022, 08:23:27 PM ---This may be an obvious one, but I believe the original Zilwaukee Bridge on I-75 in Saginaw, Michigan (from the early '6os) was a bascule. In session for almost 30 years, it was then replaced by the current segmental Zilwaukee Bridge which is much higher. Evidently the logistical headache of the original drawbridge was part of the reasoning for the existence of I-675. This is definitely an interesting part of the original Interstate Highway System.

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Not as bad of a headache as the original Fuller Warren Drawbridge on I-95 in Jacksonville.  There was an urban legend that some folks were purposefully ordering their sailboats with mast heights beyond the clearance of the Fuller Warren just to be able to demand that the Corp of Engineers close down I-95 to let them pass.  Don't know if it was true or not, but I have certainly waited in line to let tall sailboats pass beneath on many occasions, only to still get stuck with a toll once you finally got to the Southside.  (I got transferred out of Jacksonville before the tolls were removed).

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