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Original Location Photos: Before Bridge Lift (Deck Removal)
Portal views facing south.
Views beside bridge from northwest quadrant.
Panoramic elevation from northwest quadrant.
Oblique views from northwest quadrant.
Views beside bridge from northwest quadrant.
Oblique views from northwest quadrant.
Views of truss web.
Upper chord connections.
Lower chord connections.
Lower chord splice pin.
Bearings.
Bracing posts.
Floorbeam.
Upper chord details.
Bach Steel crew speaking with project stakeholders and visitors.
Nels Raynor (Bach Steel) being interviewed by camera crew.
Bach Steel crew visiting the future location of the bridge.
Original Location Photos: Bridge Crane Pick From Original Location
Approaching access road with cranes set up around bridge.
Camera crew interviewing project stakeholders.
Bridge prepared for pick.
Initial moment of the bridge lifting off of its bearings.
Lifting bridge up over the river.
Moving bridge back to the disassembly location.
Setting bridge down in the disassembly location.
Crew, stakeholders, and visitors watching.
Bridge move completed, with bridge sitting in disassembly location.
Original Location Photos: Bridge Disassembly
Bridge after removal of floor beams.
Removing nuts to disassemble bridge.
Removing floorbeams and outriggers.
Laying the first truss down.
Laying the second truss down.
Disassembly of connections showing removal of nuts and washers.
Removing splice plate.
General view of disassembly.
Separating the upper chord from the lower chord at the cast iron shoe.
Completed lower/upper chord separation. Note the dirt inside the upper chord.
Overview of disassembled upper chord splice.
Fabrication punch marks forming numbers/symbols which were hidden inside the upper chord splice and have not been seen since the bridge was fabricated.
Disassembly of the bridge revealed unusual cracked and damaged parts of the bridge. It is suspected that the bridge or parts of the bridge were damaged during the original assembly of the bridge and fixed in the field. Note the mis-shaped splice place.
The lower chord was the last to be removed.
Heating and removing nuts and pins for lower chord.
This unusual lower chord pin appears to have been created by the original erection crew perhaps to replace a missing pin. It is an unthreaded rod which was hammered at the ends to hold the nut on.
Sand Blasting Photos (Courtesy The Sand Man, Little Rock, AR)
Photos showing the bridge parts after sandblasting to remove old paint from the bridge.
New Location Photos: Reassembly and Installation Crane Pick
Replica castings (with mold shown) all produced by Bernier Cast Metals of Saginaw, Michigan.
Bridge parts ready for reassembly.
Assembly of first truss.
First truss lifted up.
Assembly of second truss.
Completed assembly of second truss.
Second truss lifted up.
Installing floorbeams.
Installing upper lateral bracing and struts (sway bracing).
Views showing new lower lateral bracing in place.
Completed reassembly.
Setting bridge into new location with crane.
Bridge immediately after being set in place.
Overviews of bridge after being set into place.
Installation Photos: Deck, Railing, and Upper Lateral Bracing Installation
Railing fabrication at Bach Steel's shop in Holt, Michigan.
Photo showing fabricated railings in Bach Steel's yard in Holt, Michigan prior to shipping.
Painted railing ready for installation.
Photos showing floor beams installed.
Deck installation in progress.
Completed deck installation.
Upper lateral bracing installation.
Pickup truck on bridge (an informal load test!).
Railing installation in progress.
Crew photos.
New Location Photos: Completed Bridge
Elevation.
Portal views.
Portal views on bridge.
Sunrise seen at bridge.
Railing detail.
