Bascule Bridge over Mystic River

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bascule bridge road bridge tourist attraction

The Bascule Bridge over the Mystic River is a historic, counterweight-operated drawbridge in Mystic, Connecticut, known as an iconic symbol of the town and a key crossing in its waterfront district.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bascule Bridge over Mystic River canonical	1
Mystic River Bascule Bridge	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bascule bridge ⓘ road bridge ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
carries	U.S. Route 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ pedestrian traffic ⓘ vehicular traffic ⓘ
category	Bascule bridges in the United States ⓘ Bridges in Connecticut ⓘ Tourist attractions in New London County, Connecticut ⓘ Transportation in New London County, Connecticut ⓘ
connects	Groton, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Stonington, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Mystic River NERFINISHED ⓘ
design	counterweight bascule ⓘ
designedBy	J. A. L. Waddell NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	roadway crossing of Mystic River ⓘ
hasFeature	counterweight tower ⓘ movable span ⓘ operator house ⓘ
hasViewOf	Mystic River waterfront NERFINISHED ⓘ Mystic Seaport area NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic structure ⓘ
locatedIn	Connecticut ⓘ Mystic, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ New London County, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
maintenanceBy	Connecticut Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	steel ⓘ
mechanism	counterweight-operated drawbridge ⓘ
notableFor	distinctive bascule design ⓘ role as an icon of Mystic ⓘ
openingDate	1922 ⓘ
openTo	motor vehicles ⓘ pedestrians ⓘ
partOf	Mystic waterfront district NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	Connecticut ⓘ
symbolOf	Mystic, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
town	Groton, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Stonington, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
trafficType	two-way road traffic ⓘ
usedFor	local transportation ⓘ tourism ⓘ
yearCompleted	1922 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mystic, Connecticut → hasLandmark → Bascule Bridge over Mystic River ⓘ

Mystic River (Connecticut) → crossedBy → Bascule Bridge over Mystic River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mystic River Bascule Bridge