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Photos of Nels Raynor, President of Bach Ornamental and Structural Steel of Holt, Michigan who undertook the recovery and restoration of the bridge.

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Photos of Shane Milliken, who also works for Bach Ornamental and Structural Steel.

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View of the piers missing their bridge.

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The piers appear largely undamaged.

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A large portion of the bridge lays downstream in the river.

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Overview of the area where a large portion of the bridge ended up.

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Some of the damage to the members shows the work that awaits during restoration.

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Work begins on removing splice plate rivets on the top chord, to separate the chord into smaller sections to transport.

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Preparing to lift a top chord section out.

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Working to separate the top chord at the vertical member connection.

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Lifting a vertical member/outrigger.

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Lifting top chord sections.

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Separating the parts of bottom chord connections.

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Navigating the tangled mess.

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Lifting bottom chord sections out.

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Hooking onto and lifting a section of the deck.

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Fishing for bridge parts.

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Fishing a top chord section out.

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Lifting some of the deck wood out.

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Fishing various parts of the bridge out.

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A vertical member/outrigger is lifted out.

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Bottom chord section and badly damaged vertical member/outrigger is lifted out.

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Searching for and lifting out bottom chord sections.

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Getting pin nuts that may have not been turned for over a century is not as difficult as it might seem. Simply heat the nut, which causes the metal of the nut to expand. Here, the removal of a nut for a bottom chord pin connection is to be removed to separate the bottom chord into smaller sections for transport.

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Once heated, the nut will turn.

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Here the nut has been removed, the pin remains in place.

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If the pin is stuck or frozen in place, a pneumatic hammer can be used to safely push it out, which was the case here.

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Here, the bottom chord connection is shown with the pin removed.

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Some of the top chord box beams had mud inside, so they were dipped back in the water to wash them out.

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A top chord section is loaded for transport.

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A damselfly watches the events at the site.

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