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Note: For clarity, descriptions assume an east-west alignment of bridge. For simplicity the largest truss span is referred to as the 300 foot span and the shorter ones as the 230 foot spans although their exact lengths may be a few feet different.
General Bridge Details
New Harmony Sign.
Illinois sign.
Tennessee brands.
Bethlehem brand.
Piers for truss spans.
Pier details.
Walkway on lower half of pier.
Looking down into the pit that forms the interior of the lower portion of a truss span pier.
Utility building on a pier.
Environmental monitoring box.
Railing.
Overviews of truss span bearings.
Details of truss span bearings.
Deck.
Details For 230 Foot Parker Truss Spans
Truss panels.
Top chord connection as viewed from beside bridge.
Top chord connections as viewed from on bridge.
Bottom chord connection as viewed from beside bridge.
Bottom chord connections as viewed from on bridge.
Intermediate connection as viewed from on bridge.
View inside vertical member.
Vertical members.
Diagonal members.
End posts.
Top chord.
Portal bracing.
Portal bracing detail.
Sway bracing.
Sway bracing detail.
Sway bracing connection to vertical member.
Lateral bracing.
Lateral bracing detail.
Views under span.
Floor beam.
Details of 300 Foot Parker Truss Span
Top chord connections as viewed from beside bridge.
Top chord connections as viewed from on bridge.
Bottom chord connections as viewed from beside bridge.
Bottom chord connections as viewed from on bridge.
Bottom chord connections as viewed from under bridge.
Intermediate connections as viewed from beside bridge.
Intermediate connections as viewed from on bridge.
Vertical members.
Diagonal members.
Portal bracing.
Lateral bracing.
Sway bracing.
Sway bracing connections to verticals.
Bottom chord.
End posts.
Views under span.
Deck stringers.
Floor beams and lower lateral bracing.
Support for wires, now unused.
Details of Deck Truss Spans
Looking through bracing.
Looking through bracing at a truss line.
View looking toward bottom chord.
Top chord connections as viewed from beside bridge.
Bottom chord connections as viewed from beside bridge.
End post.
Bents.
Details of bents.
Views under spans.
Details For Eastern Approach Spans
Stringer details.
Bents.
Details of bents.
Details For Western Approach Spans
Views showing original stringer spans.
Views showing original bents.
View of replacement span.
Details of replacement spans.
Cantilever detail on replacement beam.
Pin and hanger detail on replacement beam.
Transition from replacement beam to original beam.
Views under replacement spans.
Details under replacement spans showing floor beams.
Replacement piers.
Remains of original pier.
Expansion joint on replacement span.
Details of Toll Plaza
Overview looking northeast.
Overview looking west.
Views of toll booth.
Sign.
Booth interior.
Office building.
