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 #855439  by BobLI
 
The bridge by the Hammels wye is a swing bridge. Was the bridge by Howard Beach ever a swing bridge? If so when was it rerailed into a straight bridge?
It looks like the same construction and bridge piers, etc. like the bridge by the wye.
 #855566  by Kamen Rider
 
they're both swing spans, but the north channel bridge has been locked in place.