across the
Mississippi has a swing section for river traffic traversing
Lock and Dam 15.
Albania •
Buna river Bridge, in
Shkodra, Albania.
Argentina •
Puente de la Mujer, an asymmetrical cable-stayed span.
Australia •
Gladesville Bridge, Sydney. Opened 1881, closed 1964 and demolished; had a small swing span on the southern end. •
Pyrmont Bridge, Sydney. Opened 1902. Closed to traffic 1988. Still in use as a pedestrian bridge. •
Glebe Island Bridge, Sydney. Opened 1903. Tramway defunct. Closed to traffic, 1995; supplanted by
Anzac Bridge. Still in existence. •
Hay Bridge,
Hay, New South Wales. Opened 1873, demolished 1973. Replaced by a fixed concrete bridge. •
Victoria Bridge, Townsville, Queensland. Opened 1889, closed to traffic 1975. Still in use as a foot bridge. •
Sale Swing Bridge, Sale, Victoria. Opened 1883. Closed to traffic in 2002. Restored to full working order in 2006. • Dunalley Bridge,
Dunalley, Tasmania. Still in use.
Belgium •
Verbindingsbrug, Zeebrugge. Opened in May 2022. With a length of 130 metres and a passage width of 55 metres, it is the longest swing bridge in Europe. •
Wiedauwkaaibrug (
nl),
Ghent. It allows railway lines
58 and
55 (
nl) to cross the
Ghent–Terneuzen Canal. The current iteration of the bridge was built in 2008.
Belize •
Belize City Swing Bridge, Belize City, Belize. Oldest such bridge in Central America and one of the few manually operated swing bridges in the world still in operation. (Restored in the 2000s)
Canada China • , across
Hai River in Tianjin
Denmark •
Lille Langebro, a cycling and pedestrian double swing bridge crossing the inner harbour at
Copenhagen. •
Cirkelbroen ('The Circle Bridge'), a cycling and pedestrian bridge spanning the southern mouth of
Christianshavn Canal in the
Christianshavn area of central Copenhagen. • Naestved Svingbro, Horizontal clearance 42.0m. Carries a 14m-wide trunk road over the Naestved Canal. • Odin's Bridge, a double swing bridge crossing Odense Canal, with a horizontal span of almost 200 meters.
Egypt ; the longest swing bridge in the world, runs from the east of the
Suez Canal to the west into
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. • The longest swing bridge span is 340 metres, by the
El Ferdan Railway Bridge across the
Suez Canal.
Estonia • The Admiral Bridge (
Admiralisild) is a pedestrian bridge in
Tallinn,
Estonia, connecting two parts of the
Old City Harbour. It allows access to the Admiralty Pool (
Admiraliteedi bassein) for yachts. It became the first swing bridge in Estonia in 2021.
France • Le pont tournant rue Dieu, across the
Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, is a distinctive location in the 1938 film
Hôtel du Nord, and is featured in the opening shot of the film.
Germany •
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke in
Wilhelmshaven, built in 1907, with a length of 159m, it was once Europe's biggest swing bridge.
India • Garden Reach Road Swing Bridge, for
Calcutta Port,
Kidderpore,
Kolkata • Poira-Corjuem Bridge, for GSIDC,
Corjuem, Goa by Rajdeep Buildcon Pvt. Ltd.
Ireland •
Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin •
Seán O'Casey Bridge, Dublin •
Michael Davitt Bridge, County Mayo •
Portumna bridge, between County Galway and County Tipperary
Italy San Francesco di Paola in
Taranto •
Ponte Girevole,
Taranto (built in 1958, after an 1887 one of similar design but using different materials) – a very unusual type, with two spans that separate at the bridge's center and pivot sideways from the bridge's outer ends.
Latvia • Kalpaka Tilts,
Liepāja, connecting the city with the former Russian/Soviet port
Karosta.
Lithuania , Klaipeda • Chain Bridge, Klaipeda. Built in 1855 and still working today, this is the only swing bridge in Lithuania. When the bridge is turned, boats and yachts can enter the Castle port. Rotation of the bridge is manual; two people can rotate the bridge.
The Netherlands • The "Abtsewoudsebrug" in
Delft, close to the
Technische Universiteit Delft, is a bridge of this type. • There are four bridges of this type in use on the
Afsluitdijk (Enclosure dam). They span the waterways that link the
shipping lock complexes to the
Wadden Sea. • There is another one on the channel between Ghent (Belgium) and Terneuzen (The Netherlands) at Sas Van Gent. Many inner cities have swing bridges, since these require less street space than other types of bridges.
New Zealand •
Kopu Bridge, Waihou River, near
Thames, New Zealand •
Tamaki River Swing Bridge (also known as
1st Panmure Bridge),
Tāmaki River, near Panmure, New Zealand (A "swing bridge" in New Zealand refers to a
flexible walking track bridge which "swings" as one walks across.)
Panama • A swing bridge at the
Gatun Locks provides the only road passage over the Atlantic side of the
Panama Canal. This is a small bridge that swings out from each side. Another larger swing bridge at the
Miraflores Locks is on the Pacific side but is rarely used, having been supplanted by the
Bridge of the Americas and the
Centennial Bridge.
Poland • A swing bridge at the
Giżycko is one of four bridges that cross over the Luczanski Channel. It is one of ten (four still in operation) swing bridges in
Poland. • A swing bridge in
Ustka, which crosses the Słupia River, and is walkable every 20 minutes. • A swing bridge in
Wolin, which crosses the Dziwna River.
South Africa • The Clocktower Bridge is a pedestrian swing bridge at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront in
Cape Town.
Taiwan during its rotation •
Great Harbor Bridge in
Kaohsiung is the longest cross-port rotating bridge in Asia.
Ukraine •
Varvarivskyi Bridge over the
Southern Bug in
Mykolaiv, with Europe's longest span (134 m)
United Kingdom at
Stockton Heath,
Warrington In the UK, there is a legal definition in current statute as to what is or is not a 'swing bridge'. , which carries the
A17 over the
River Nene in
Lincolnshire close to the border with
Norfolk •
Acton swing bridge – road •
Barmouth Bridge – rail •
Beccles swing bridge – rail •
Bell's Bridge,
Glasgow – pedestrian •
Bethells Swing Bridge •
Boothferry swing bridge at
Boothferry, Yorkshire •
Caernarfon swing bridge •
Connaught Crossing in
London Docklands, built as a low-rising swing bridge to allow marine traffic in the
Royal Docks to pass at a place when the proximity of
London City Airport meant a higher fixed bridge was not practicable. •
Cross Keys Bridge in
Sutton Bridge – carries the
A17 road over the River Nene in Lincolnshire •
Folkestone Harbour railway station – railway bridge on the branch line. •
Foxton Swingbridge - road bridge over the Harborough arm of the Grand Union Canal in the village of Foxton. •
Goole railway swing bridge •
Glasson Dock swing bridge •
Govan–Partick Bridge, Glasgow – pedestrian •
Hawarden Railway Bridge – rail (now deactivated). •
Hull, England docks branch bridge – rail •
Kennet and Avon Canal at
Tyle Mill Lock,
Sulhamstead, Berkshire •
Kincardine Bridge – crossing the Firth of Forth from Falkirk council area to Kincardine-on-Forth, Fife (now deactivated). •
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Has a large number of swing bridges, especially between
Bingley and
Skipton and Burscough and
Liverpool. Many are manually operated, carrying only farm tracks, but a significant number carry road traffic and are mechanised for boater operation. •
Manchester Ship Canal at
Latchford,
Stockton Heath and
Lower Walton in
Warrington, and also slightly further west at
Moore. Near the eastern end of the canal in
Salford, the
Barton Road Swing Bridge is adjacent to the
Barton Swing Aqueduct – a 234-foot, 800-ton trough holding some 800 tons of water (retained by gates at either end) swings so that it is at right angles to the
Bridgewater Canal to allow ships to pass up the Ship Canal. •
Myton Swing Bridge - road bridge in
Kingston upon Hull •
Oulton Broad swing bridge – rail •
Reedham Swing Bridge () – rail •
Renfrew Bridge, Glasgow - road •
Ross Bridge, Penzance •
Sandwich Toll Bridge (rebuilt 1892) •
Selby swing bridge – rail •
Somerleyton swing bridge •
Trowse Bridge at
Norwich. Carries the electrified
Great Eastern Main Line over the
River Yare. It is the only overhead electrified swing bridge in the country. •
Tyne swing bridge at
Newcastle Upon Tyne, which has an 85.7-metre cantilevered span with a central axis of rotation able to move through 90° to allow vessels to pass on either side of it. •
Whitby Swing Bridge over the
River Esk at
Whitby, North Yorkshire, with two swing leaves (though only one is usually opened). •
Yar Swing Bridge,
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United States Swing Bridge in
Chincoteague, Virginia, now demolished The largest double swing-span bridge in the United States is the long, navigable span, clearance
George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge. •
CSXT Blackwater River bridge in
Milton, Florida. • Alanson Swing Bridge, billed as America's shortest swing bridge, crossing the
Crooked River in
Alanson, Michigan. The world's shortest are located in the United Kingdom over some of the narrowest canals in the world, for example on the
Stroudwater Navigation, or, see Yar Swing Bridge above. •
Ben Sawyer Bridge, connecting the city of
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, with
Sullivan's Island •
Berkley–Dighton Bridge (1896), connecting the towns of
Berkley and
Dighton, Massachusetts, crossing the
Taunton River; removed in 2010. The
replacement bridge is not a swing structure. • Black Point Bridge carrying
Northwestern Pacific Railroad over the
Petaluma River at
Black Point-Green Point, California •
Blackburn Point Road Bridge, over the
Intracoastal Waterway in
Osprey, Florida • Bridge No. 4455, Central Avenue over Lewis Gut,
Bridgeport, Connecticut (1924 steel swing bridge) •
Boca Grande Causeway, Built in 1958, this bridge is used for passage between Placida, FL to the island of Boca Grande. The original swing bridge was replaced by the current swing bridge in late 2015. •
Bridgeport Swing Bridge,
Bridgeport, Alabama (demolished in the late 1970s, replaced with new span) •
Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge 9.6 (or BNSF Railway Bridge 9.6), crossing the
Columbia River, from
Portland, Oregon, to
Vancouver, Washington, built in 1908. •
Center Street Bridge,
Cleveland, Ohio (1901) •
Chef Menteur Bridge, near
Slidell, Louisiana •
Chincoteague Channel Swing Bridge,
Chincoteague, Virginia (demolished) •
Choptank River, modest swing bridge carrying former Baltimore & Eastern Railroad (PRR subsidiary) at
Denton, Maryland (disused and isolated) •
Clinton Railroad Bridge crossing the
Mississippi River,
Clinton, Iowa •
Columbus Drive Bridge,
Tampa, Florida, a bobtail swing bridge over the
Hillsborough River • CSX Rail Bridge,
Indiantown, Florida • Curtis Creek Rail Bridge,
Baltimore, Maryland •
Deweyville Swing Bridge, crossing the
Sabine River east of
Deweyville, Texas •
Dubuque Rail Bridge, crossing the
Mississippi River and connecting
Dubuque, Iowa with
East Dubuque, Illinois •
Dumbarton Rail Bridge, crossing
San Francisco Bay in
California (1910); since being decommissioned, the swing portion of the bridge has been welded open. •
East Haddam Bridge,
Route 82 over the
Connecticut River,
East Haddam, Connecticut (1913) •
Fort Madison Toll Bridge, crossing the
Mississippi River and connecting
Fort Madison, Iowa with
Niota, Illinois •
Fort Pike Bridge, near
Slidell and
New Orleans, Louisiana •
Fort Denaud Bridge, near
LaBelle and
Alva, Florida •
Figure Eight Island Bridge, north of
Wilmington, North Carolina •
Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, Washington, D.C. •
George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge, over the
York River between
Yorktown and
Gloucester Point, Virginia •
Gianella Bridge, near Hamilton City California, connecting Glenn and Butte Counties over the Sacramento River, It was built in 1937 and demolished in 1987. •
Government Bridge on the
Mississippi River between
Davenport, Iowa and
Rock Island, Illinois (1896) •
Grand Haven GTW RR Swing Bridge, connecting
Grand Haven and
Ferrysburg, Michigan •
Grand Rapids Swing Bridge,
Grand Rapids, Michigan •
Grosse Ile Toll Bridge and nearby
Wayne County Bridge,
Grosse Ile, Michigan •
Hannibal Bridge (1869, demolished) and
Second Hannibal Bridge (1917),
Kansas City, Missouri, crossing the
Missouri River •
Harlem River bridges in New York City, including from south to north: •
Willis Avenue Bridge •
Third Avenue Bridge •
Madison Avenue Bridge •
145th Street Bridge •
Macombs Dam Bridge •
University Heights Bridge •
Spuyten Duyvil Bridge •
Harmar Railroad Bridge,
Marietta, Ohio •
Hodgdon Island Bridge,
Boothbay, Maine. This is one of two manual swing bridges in Maine (see Songo Locks in Naples, Maine) , in
Sacramento, open for a ship •
I Street Bridge,
Sacramento, California •
India Point Railroad Bridge,
Providence, Rhode Island crossing the
Seekonk River • International Railway Bridge connecting
Buffalo, New York and
Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada •
La Crosse Rail Bridge, crossing the
Mississippi River between
La Crescent, Minnesota, and
La Crosse, Wisconsin •
Livingston Avenue Bridge,
Albany, New York •
Mathers Bridge, connecting
Merritt Island to
Indian Harbour Beach, Florida across the
Banana River • Middle Branch of
Patapsco River Rail Bridge, near
Camden Yards,
Baltimore, Maryland • Mystic River Railroad Bridge,
Mystic, Connecticut, carries
Amtrak's
Northeast Corridor tracks over the
Mystic River. •
Nature Coast State Trail, over the
Suwannee River between
Wilcox, Florida and
Old Town, Florida •
New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge, connecting
New Bedford and
Fairhaven, Massachusetts •
New Richmond Swing Bridge, near
Fennville, Michigan •
Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge crossing the
Maumee River,
Toledo, Ohio •
Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge crossing the
Ocmulgee River in
Lumber City, Georgia ( long; built 1916) (electrical swing components removed) •
Northern Avenue Bridge over
Fort Point Channel in
Boston, Massachusetts (1908 steel truss) • North Landing Bridge, built in the 1950s, on the
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway where it forms part of the border between Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, Virginia, •
Omaha Road Bridge Number 15, an asymmetrical single-track railroad bridge over the
Mississippi River between
Saint Paul and
Lilydale, Minnesota (1916) •
Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge (1908),
Portland, Oregon •
Padanaram Bridge on the causeway protecting Apponagansett Bay in
Dartmouth, Massachusetts •
Passaic River in
Newark, New Jersey •
Jackson Street Bridge •
Bridge Street Bridge •
Clay Street Bridge •
Pennsylvania Railroad's
Shellpot Branch over the
Christina River in
Wilmington, Delaware (original two-track bridge replaced with a single-track bridge in 2003) •
Pennsylvania Railroad's
South Philadelphia Branch Bridge over the
Schuylkill River,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania •
Point Street Bridge,
Providence, Rhode Island crossing the
Providence River •
Portal Bridge, carrying the
Northeast Corridor over the
Hackensack River between
Kearny and
Secaucus, New Jersey •
Providence & Worcester railroad bridge,
Middletown, Connecticut •
Richard V. Woods Memorial Bridge over the Beaufort River/Intracoastal Waterway in
Beaufort, South Carolina •
Riverside-Delanco Bridge over
Rancocas Creek in
New Jersey •
Rock Island Swing Bridge over the
Mississippi River between
Inver Grove Heights and
St. Paul Park, Minnesota • "S" Swing Bridge over the
Perquimans River,
Hertford, North Carolina. •
Sakonnet River rail bridge, crossing the
Sakonnet River between
Tiverton and
Portsmouth, Rhode Island •
Saugatuck River Bridge (Bridge No. 1349),
Route 136 over the
Saugatuck River,
Westport, Connecticut (1884 iron-truss swing bridge) • Shaw Cove Railroad Bridge,
New London, Connecticut, carrying
Amtrak's
Northeast Corridor tracks over the entrance to Shaw Cove in New London •
St. Joseph Swing Bridge over the
Missouri River,
St. Joseph, Missouri (1904) •
Topsail Island Swing Bridge,
Surf City, North Carolina (Constructed in the 1950s, the swing bridge was demolished after being replaced by a fixed-span high rise bridge in 2018). •
Trail Creek Swing Bridge in
Michigan City, Indiana, carrying the
Michigan Central Railroad (now operated by
Amtrak) •
Torry Island Swing Bridge, Torry Island, Florida •
Umpqua River Bridge near
Reedsport, Oregon on US-101 •
Victory Bridge, crossing the
Raritan River in
Perth Amboy, New Jersey (taken down in 2003) •
Walt Disney World Railroad (former
Florida East Coast Railway) swing bridge,
Bay Lake, Florida •
Woods Memorial Bridge over the Beaufort River in
Beaufort, South Carolina •
Yancopin Bridge,
Arkansas River, southeastern
Arkansas. Former
Missouri Pacific railroad bridge with separate
vertical-lift and swing trusses now part of
rail-trail; swing span now manually operated •
State Hwy 87 northbound bridge the eastern boundary of
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Uruguay , during its inauguration in 1912 • Carmelo Bridge. Built in 1912 in
Carmelo, it is the oldest swing bridge in all of Latin America. •
Barra del Santa Lucia Bridge. Built in 1925 as a railway bridge, today is used only by pedestrians.
Vietnam •
Han River Bridge in downtown
Da Nang was designed and built by Vietnamese engineers and workers, and opened on 29 March 2000. Featuring a symmetrical cable-stayed steel swing span with a total length of 122.7m rotating on a rim-bearing circular central pier, it is the only swing bridge operating in Vietnam as of 2025. ==See also==