English
A bascule bridge in the town of Sète, France
Noun
bascule bridge (plural bascule bridges)
- A movable bridge consisting of one or two opening leafs equipped with balancing counterweights that ease and speed up their operation.
Synonyms
Translations
type of movable bridge
- Catalan: pont basculant m
- Danish: klapbro c
- Dutch: basculebrug (nl) m, f
- Finnish: läppäsilta (fi)
- French: pont basculant m
- German: Klappbrücke f
- Hungarian: felnyíló híd (hu)
- Icelandic: vængjabrú f
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- Portuguese: ponte basculante f
- Russian: раскрыва́ющийся мост m (raskryvájuščijsja most), разводно́й мост m (razvodnój most), подъёмный мост m (podʺjómnyj most)
- Spanish: puente basculante m
- Sundanese: ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮃᮀᮊᮒ᮪ (sasak angkat)
- Swedish: klaffbro c
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