Carrol: (
Archived Bridge Hunter;
Historic Bridges;
Satellite)
Carrol Street Bridge
The building on the left was built between Sep 2014 and Oct 2016.
Fortunately, the current satellite image caught the span in an open position and taught me that this is a very rare moveable span. In fact, it "is one of two retractile bridges left in New York, and one of four left in the United States." [BridgeHunter_carrol]
I fired up Google Earth to find what it looks like when it is in the closed position. The west part of the span rides on rails on a platform built into, and alongside, the river. The east part is cantilevered over the channel.
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| Google Earth, Jun 2017 |
Here is a view that catches it partially open.
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| Google Earth, Nov 2016 |
This bridge is obviously a bascule bridge. But I was uncertain if it was a trunnion or a rolling bridge. HistoricBridges calls it a rolling bridge. In fact, it is one of the oldest rolling bridges in the country. I wonder what the cables hanging from the bridge are for.
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| Digitally zoomed |
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HistoricBridges, cropped
"Several Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company bridges were built over this canal and featured in a company catalog. This is one of the photos from the catalog. It is not known which one of the bridges is shown here." |
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| 1 of 3 photos of this bridge posted by Craig Schofield |
Both Bridges
2 of the 3 photos
posted by Jammie L Andujar with the comment: "Carroll Street, Third Street Bridges over the Gowanus Canal and Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge over the Rockaway Inlet."
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[This photo shows the cables that pull the span back and forth on the rails.] |
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