 The Charles Berry Bridge is a double-leaf 1,052 foot (320.6 meter) bascule bridge; of the total length, 333 feet (101.5 meters) are the bascule span.At the time of construction, the bridge was the largest bascule bridge in the world and is now often credited as the second-largest in the world.Annually, the Charles Berry Bridge has an average of 700 openings.