Henry Ford Bridge#Bascule bridge

{{Short description|Railroad bridge in the Port of Los Angeles, California, United States}}

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|bridge_name= Henry Ford Bridge

|image= Commodore Schuyler F Heim Bridge 2003.jpg

|caption= Henry Ford Bridge (1996 replacement bridge, slightly raised, in foreground), and the Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge (background), at the Port of Los Angeles.

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|also_known_as= Badger Avenue Bridge

|carries= Pacific Harbor Line

|crosses= Cerritos Channel

|locale= Long Beach & Terminal Island,
Los Angeles Harbor Region,
Los Angeles County, California

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|design=1924–1996: bascule bridge
1996–present: vertical-lift bridge

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|clearance= {{convert|165|ft}}

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|open= 1924

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|coordinates= {{Coord|33|45|58|N|118|14|25|W|region:US_type:landmark}}

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The Henry Ford Bridge, also known as the Badger Avenue Bridge, is a bridge located in Los Angeles County, Southern California. It carries the Pacific Harbor Line railroad across the Cerritos Channel to Terminal Island from San Pedro, to serve the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach. It was built to accommodate operations at the Ford Long Beach Assembly plant which opened in 1930 and was closed in 1959.

The original 1924 bascule bridge was dismantled and replaced in 1996 by a vertical-lift bridge.{{cite web |url=http://www.portoflosangeles.org/transportation/ca_103.asp |title=CA-103 Commodore Schuyler F. Heim/Henry Ford Bridge |date= |accessdate=May 28, 2013}}

Bascule bridge

File:Henry ford bridge.jpg

File:Ford Bridge Schematic open-close.gif

File:'Frogs' which match up the rail lines on the tower and the movable span as the bridge closes. North span facing south. - Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los HAER CAL,19-LOSAN,75-27.tif

The contract for the bascule bridge was placed by The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners in 1922. The bridge was designed by Joseph Baermann Strauss and fabricated by the American Bridge Company.{{cite web |url=http://www.laporthistory.org/level3/badger.html |title=Port of Los Angeles Visual History Tour - Badger Avenue Bridge |date= |accessdate=May 28, 2013}}

It was formed of a pair of {{convert|110|ft|adj=on}} trunnion bascule leaves which formed a one span Warren through-truss. There were two {{convert|50|ft}} tower spans and two {{convert|200|ft}} timber approaches.{{cite web |url=http://bridgehunter.com/ca/los-angeles/henry-ford/ |title=Henry Ford Bridge |date=February 6, 2012 |accessdate=May 28, 2013}}

File:Detail of electrical contacts in the south machinery room (interior of both machinery rooms is identical). Facing south. - Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los HAER CAL,19-LOSAN,75-52.tif