Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge, Bourne, Massachusetts
The bridge was constructed beginning in 1933 by the Public Works Administration for the United States Army Corps of Engineers, which operates both the bridge and the canal. The bridge has a 544-foot main span, with a 135-foot clearance when raised, uses 1,100-short-ton (1,000 t) counterweights on each end. It opened on December 29, 1935. At the time of its completion, it was the longest lift span in the world. It is now the second longest lift bridge in the United States, the longest being the Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge between New Jersey and Staten Island, New York. The bridge replaced a 1910 bascule bridge. Sadly, the bridge is mainly used for trains hauling garbage off the cape and for the occasional tourist dinner train.