Illustration of Bascule bridge similar to Cass Street bridge (double leaf movable bridge/ Y_tambe CC DOWNTOWN/TAMPA, FL – AUG 24, 2015: The Cass Street Drawbridge, a Bascule type bridge, was built in 1926 over the Hillsborough River in Downtown Tampa, FL.
The adjacent rail bridge is a rolling lift bridge (Pegasus) built in 1915 that replaced the 1880s turning span or swing bridge .
The bridge connects the Straz Center For Performing Arts to the Tampa Prep School side of the river.
The bridge was named after General Lewis Cass, who served under President Andrew Jackson from 1931 to 1836 as Secretary of War.
Sources:http://bridgehunter.com/fl/hillsborough/cass-street/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bascule_bridge
AUG 23, 2015 - Cass Street Drawbridge Signal in Downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - Cass Street Bridge over the Hillsborough River, Downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - Viewing Straz Center from Cass Street Bridge, Downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - Straz Center and Tamap Riverwalk from Cass Street Bridge/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - A view of the Hillsborough River and Tampa Riverwalk (R) from Cass St Bridge in Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - Cass Street Bascule Drawbridge over Hillsborough River, Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - Tampa Preparatory School from Cass Street Bridge in Downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - Cass Street four lane draw bridge Downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - Cass Street Bascule bridge over Hillsborough River, Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - A view of Cass Street car and rail bridge raised with UT in background, Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - On sidewalk on Cass Street Bridge with rail and auto bridge in view over Hillsborough River, Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - Rolling Pegasus train railroad bridge on Cass Street, Downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - Steel grated sidewalk on Cass Street Bridge in Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - Cass Street Bridge hing where it bends to lift for oncoming boats, Downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - Cass Street Bascule Bridge where bridge separates to let boats go by in Downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - From Cass Street Bridge - The Element (L) and Skypoint apartments, Rivergate Towers (round), Hillsborough River/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - Pegasus rolling train bride on Cass Street in the Hillsborough River, Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - Tampa cityscape and Hillsborough River from Cass Street Bridge, Downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - City Of Tampa from Cass Street Bridge, Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - City of Tampa from Cass Street Bridge downtown/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - Rail bridge on from Cass Street bridge/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - Element Tampa (C) from Cass Street Bridge and Gasparilla, Downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com AUG 23, 2015 - Tampa Museum of Art from end of Cass Street Bridge, Downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com
