Timeline for Why were so Many Older Bridges Built so Low to the Water?
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| Jul 14, 2022 at 22:09 | vote | accept | CoastCity Lapse 00crashtest | ||
| Jul 6, 2022 at 14:51 | comment | added | Phil Sweet | In the US, there are rights to navigation, but with train bridges, the trains have-right-of-way and control the bascule operation. With other bridges, the commercial shipping has right-of-way, and bridges are supposed to open upon the vessel's request, although there are some exceptions. | |
| Jul 6, 2022 at 13:27 | comment | added | DKNguyen | @CoastCityLapse00crashtest If you went to the trouble of having a lift, swing, lift, or bascule why bother also making it so you don't need to use it? Sounds silly when you frame it that way. | |
| Jul 6, 2022 at 13:17 | answer | added | Tiger Guy | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 6, 2022 at 9:59 | comment | added | CoastCity Lapse 00crashtest | I think the train and ship competition hypothesis makes sense, though that still doesn't explain why those same bridges put a swing, lift, or bascule span in the middle. If they wanted to screw over the vessel shipping industry, then they would have blocked it and not built the moveable span at all. | |
| Jul 6, 2022 at 9:29 | comment | added | Phil Sweet | Trains don't do hills well, but mainly, trains and ships competed, so screwing over the competition may have played a significant role in justifying building the thing. | |
| Jul 6, 2022 at 9:01 | comment | added | Solar Mike | why? no traffic at the time... why? cost... why? time... | |
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| Jul 6, 2022 at 5:02 | history | edited | CoastCity Lapse 00crashtest | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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