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Elevation from park drive.

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Portal views.

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Oblique views.

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Views beside bridge.

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Truss web.

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Plaques.

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Top chord connections as viewed from beside bridge.

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Top chord connections as viewed from on bridge.

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Bottom chord connections as viewed from on bridge.

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Bottom chord connections as viewed from beside bridge.

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Intermediate connections.

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View under bridge.

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Floor beams and associated details.

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Bolts were located here.

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These signs display the names of those involved in restoration.

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Vertical member.

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Railing.

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Sway bracing.

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Truss web.

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Portal bracing.

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Turnbuckle.

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Elevation from park drive.

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Portal views.

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Oblique views.

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Views beside bridge.

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Truss web.

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Plaques.

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Top chord connections as viewed from beside bridge.

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Top chord connections as viewed from on bridge.

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Bottom chord connections as viewed from on bridge.

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Bottom chord connections as viewed from beside bridge.

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Intermediate connections.

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View under bridge.

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Floor beams and associated details.

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Bolts were located here.

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These signs display the names of those involved in restoration.

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Vertical member.

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Railing.

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Sway bracing.

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Truss web.

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Portal bracing.

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Turnbuckle.

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This group of photos shows the bridge in its original location.

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Photo Credit: Les Hale

Thanks to Les Hale for providing this photo of the bridge in its original location. This photo shows the plaques still on the bridge.

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Photo Credit: Ionia County Road Commission

The Ionia County Road Commission had this photo on their website showing the bridge in its original location.

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Photo Credit: Michigan Department of Transportation

This is the photo from MDOT's website, showing the bridge being moved off of its original location, to be disassembled and repaired.

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This group of photos, from Fall 2005 shows the reproduction floor beams laid out at the park.

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Overview of floorbeams.

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Individual floor beam.

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Deck stringers.

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Floor beam detail.

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This group of photos, from February 2006 shows the completed flooring system, and also shows the pieces of the original bridge that were assembled back into a bridge!

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These are the top chord / end post beams.

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Views of the flooring system.

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Turnbuckle under the deck.

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Sway bracing is on the top of this pile; the bottom half of the portal bracing is on the bottom.

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The two wider lattice beams on the left are what make up the top half of the portal bracing.

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Detail of sway bracing.

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Note the scrap carpet protecting the pieces from scratching each other.

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Eyebars for the bridge. These are of the up-set variety.

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These stampings appear to be new, put on to keep all the pieces sorted.

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These are the vertical members of the bridge.

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These parts make up the endpost portion of the top chord.

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Its hard to see, but there is a 34 to the right of the middle of the bottom turnbuckle... unlike the stampings I found, I am pretty sure this is original, since it has a raised texture.

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Lightweight loop-forged eyebar.

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Pile of rods.

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Various parts of the bridge.

This group of photos, from August 2006 shows part of the trusses erected.

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Various views showing the partially assembled bridge.

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Top chord connection.

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Bottom chord connection.

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Note the little dimple right in the center of the eye bar. According to Vern Mesler, this is supposedly a remnant of a stress test that was done on the iron after two sections of eye bar were forge-welded together in between two dimples like this to create the long eye bar needed for a Whipple truss. For these to still be visible after all these years is quite amazing.

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