Swivel bridge (Liepāja) | road bridge, listed building / architectural heritage, 1906_construction, swing bridge

Latvia / Liepaja / Liepāja
 road bridge, listed building / architectural heritage, 1906_construction, swing bridge
That's the second wooden bridge in the world with mechanical set system. It's build by Eiffel project. The first, same type of bridge is located in St. Petersburg (Russia), but in 1914 was burned down. But that bridge is more than 100 years old.

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Coordinates:   56°32'43"N   21°0'16"E

Comments

  • nice english :)
  • Maybe someone could translate that, because it is intereting. I also would like to ask if the bridge is going to be rebuilt after the "destruction" ?
  • That's the second wooden bridge in the world with mechanical set system. It's build by Eiffel project. The first, same type of bridge is located in St. Petersburg (Russia), but in 1914 was burned down. But that bridge is more than 100 years old and at the moment the bridge is out of action due to collision with ship.
  • The bridge is open again, it is reconstructed and works well. Every day they open it several times to let the ships into or out of that part of the harbour.
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