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was placed by The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners in 1922. The bridge was designed by Joseph Baermann Strauss and fabricated by the
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It was formed of a pair of 110-foot (34 m) trunnion bascule leaves which formed a one span
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Henry Ford Bridge (1996 replacement bridge, slightly raised, in foreground), and the
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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in California
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An animation of the opening and closing sequence for the 1924 Henry Ford Bridge
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The 1924 Henry Ford Bridge in the half-closed position as seen in 1994.
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Railroad bridge in the Port of Los Angeles, California, United States
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Transportation buildings and structures in Los Angeles
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Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge
Port of Los Angeles
Coordinates
33°45′58″N 118°14′25″W / 33.76611°N 118.24028°W / 33.76611; -118.24028
Pacific Harbor Line
Cerritos Channel
Long Beach
Terminal Island
Los Angeles Harbor Region
Los Angeles County, California
bascule bridge
vertical-lift bridge
Clearance above
Los Angeles County
California
Pacific Harbor Line
Terminal Island
San Pedro

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