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7-831: The Michael Valente Memorial Bridge (formerly known as the Long Beach Bridge ) is a twin-span bascule bridge crossing Reynolds Channel , between the City of Long Beach and the Village of Island Park , in Nassau County , New York , United States. The bridge starts in Long Beach as Long Beach Boulevard . At Barnum Island , the main road continues northeast as Austin Boulevard , while Long Beach Road (the northern continuation of Long Beach Boulevard) branches to

14-526: A drawbridge or a lifting bridge ) is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances a span , or leaf, throughout its upward swing to provide clearance for boat traffic. It may be single- or double-leafed. The name comes from the French term for balance scale , which employs the same principle. Bascule bridges are the most common type of movable span because they open quickly and require relatively little energy to operate, while providing

21-571: A "Chicago" bascule) rotates around a large axle that raises the span(s). The Chicago bascule name derives from the location where it is widely used, and is a refinement by Joseph Strauss of the fixed-trunnion. The rolling lift trunnion (sometimes a "Scherzer" rolling lift), raises the span by rolling on a track resembling a rocking-chair base. The "Scherzer" rolling lift is a refinement patented in 1893 by American engineer William Donald Scherzer . The rarer Rall type combines rolling lift with longitudinal motion on trunnions when opening. It

28-570: The bridge. The City of Long Beach, the Village of Island Park, and the County of Nassau all consented to the filming. This article about a location in Nassau County, New York is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a bridge in New York is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bascule bridge A bascule bridge (also referred to as

35-621: The north. Each span carries traffic in one direction. The twin bridges were built in 1953 to replace an earlier bridge built in 1922. The replacement spans were constructed after it was realized that the original, 1922 span was both functionally and structurally obsolete. In 2011, the Long Beach Bridge was renamed the Michael Valente Memorial Bridge, in honor of Michael Valente – a World War I veteran and longtime resident of Long Beach. The name change

42-425: The possibility for unlimited vertical clearance for marine traffic. Bascule bridges have been in use since ancient times, but until the adoption of steam power in the 1850s, very long, heavy spans could not be moved quickly enough for practical application. There are three types of bascule bridge and the counterweights to the span may be located above or below the bridge deck. The fixed- trunnion (sometimes

49-538: Was made official following a vote by the Nassau County Legislature, and the renaming ceremony – which took place at Long Beach City Hall – was attended by hundreds of people. In 2013, the bridge was used as a filming location by NBC , for scenes in " The Blacklist ". The scenes were used for the show's pilot episode and employed several special effects – including the use of fire & smoke, collisions, gunshots, and actors repelling themselves off

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