Tag:bridge:movable=swing
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 bridge:movable = swing
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Swing bridge  
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| Group: Bridges |
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Status: approved
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A 
swing bridge is a movable bridge that has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its center of gravity, about which the turning span can then pivot horizontally as shown in the animated illustration to the right.
Tagging
It is tagged with bridge=movable + bridge:movable=swing
- To map the support building
Example
BNSF Railway bridge across the Columbia River at Portland, Oregon, showing the swing-span section turning.
Hull Docks branch bridge
Railway swing bridge
