🌉 Lift Bridges of the World

These are notable lift bridges — spans whose central deck rises straight up between towers on counterweighted cables, opening tall shipping channels without the swing or ramp of other movable bridges, from the canal cities of Poland to the port rivers of America and Australia. Each profile shows where the lift works, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

123 lift bridges from 14 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any lift bridge for its full profile.

Americas (96) Asia (3) Europe (17) Oceania (7)

Americas (96 lift bridges)

Asia (3 lift bridges)

Europe (17 lift bridges)

Oceania (7 lift bridges)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.