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This photo gallery is grouped into notable sections of the bridge.

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Pratt Through Truss Span and Adjacent Spans

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South elevation of girder spans.

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Views beside bridge from southeast quadrant.

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Views under bridge.

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Views approach spans west of the truss span looking east.

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Top chord connections.

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Bottom chord connections.

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End post.

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Turnbuckle on diagonal member.

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View under span looking northwest to the northern branch railroad spans.

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Bents.

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Bent bearing.

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Concrete piers.

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Half-Through Truss Span and Nearby Spans

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Views beside span from southwest quadrant.

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Elevation from southwest quadrant.

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Panoramic elevation from southwest quadrant.

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Views beside bridge from southeast quadrant.

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Elevation from northwest quadrant.

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Views beside span from northwest quadrant.

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View looking west from north of half-through truss span toward Mississippi River spans. 

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View looking west from south of half-through truss span toward Mississippi River spans. 

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View looking east from south of half-through truss span toward Pratt truss span. 

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Zoomed views looking west from south of half-through truss span toward Mississippi River spans. 

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Portal view facing west.

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Views under bridge.

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South elevation of girder spans.

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Top chord connections.

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Bottom chord connections.

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Intermediate connections, only found on the northern truss line (for the highway half of the bridge).

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Concrete bents.

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Steel bents.

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Expansion bearing.

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Fixed bearing.

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Piers. 

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Piers showing offset skew of each truss line.

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Looking up at truss. The unusually shaped beams behind the diagonal members are a surviving part of the highway deck structure, floorbeams and deck stringers.

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Top chord.

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Bottom chord.

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Bracing.

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Vertical members.

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View under bridge.

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Views of truss web. 

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Highway Deck Truss Spans

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Distant south elevation.

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Panoramic south elevation.

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Partial south elevation.

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South elevation showing the western end of the surviving section. 

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Views showing bents.

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Looking east at western surviving end of approach spans.

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Top chord connections as viewed from beside bridge.

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Bottom chord connections as viewed from beside bridge.

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Railing and cantilevers.

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Bearings.

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Bottom chord and bracing.

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Highway Pennsylvania Truss Span and Eastern Highway Approach

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South elevation.

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South elevation of approach girder span.

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Elevation from southeast quadrant.

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Portal views of truss span facing east.

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Portal views on truss span facing east.

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Portal views of truss facing west.

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Portal views on truss facing west.

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Views of truss web.

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Facing west at entrance.

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View on approach looking west. In the far distance, the Mississippi River spans are barely visible.

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Portal view on eastern approach facing east. Note extra barrier for the sharp curve.

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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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Portal bracing.

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Sway bracing.

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Lateral bracing.

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Top chord.

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End post and mystery object. 

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Vertical members. 

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Diagonal members.

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Turnbuckles on diagonal members.

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Railing.

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Sidewalk.

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Deck.

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Cast iron cover panels. 

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Detail of curve barrier. 

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Expansion joints. 

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Remains of light post. 

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Railroad Pennsylvania Truss Span and Nearby Spans

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South elevation.

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Panoramic south elevation.

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Views beside span from southwest quadrant.

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View beside span from southeast quadrant.

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North elevation from highway approach.

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North elevation.

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Span as seen from near 15th Street.

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Top chord connections as viewed from beside bridge.

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Bottom chord connections as viewed from beside and under bridge.

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Bearings. 

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Vertical members.

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Diagonal member.

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Turnbuckle on diagonal member.

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Portal bracing.

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Overhead bracing.

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Piers and bents.

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Views under bridge.

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Eastern Railroad Approach Girder Spans Near 15th Street

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Overview of spans east of 15th Street.

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Overview of spans west of 15th Street.

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View looking east at the 15th Street span.

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View looking northeast at the 15th Street span.

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Oblique views of the 15th Street span from southwest quadrant.

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Panoramic south elevation.

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South elevation. 

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Details of bent over 15th Street. 

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Views of additional bents. 

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