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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.
Elevation from park drive.
Portal views.
Oblique views.
Views beside bridge.
Truss web.
Plaques.
Top chord connections as viewed from beside bridge.
Top chord connections as viewed from on bridge.
Bottom chord connections as viewed from on bridge.
Bottom chord connections as viewed from beside bridge.
Intermediate connections.
View under bridge.
Floor beams and associated details.
Bolts were located here.
These signs display the names of those involved in restoration.
Vertical member.
Railing.
Sway bracing.
Truss web.
Portal bracing.
Turnbuckle.
This group of photos shows the bridge in its original location.
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.
Photo Credit: Ionia County Road Commission
The Ionia County Road Commission had this photo on their website showing the bridge in its original location.
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.
This group of photos, from Fall 2005 shows the reproduction floor beams laid out at the park.
Overview of floorbeams.
Individual floor beam.
Deck stringers.
Floor beam detail.
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!
These are the top chord / end post beams.
Views of the flooring system.
Turnbuckle under the deck.
Sway bracing is on the top of this pile; the bottom half of the portal bracing is on the bottom.
The two wider lattice beams on the left are what make up the top half of the portal bracing.
Detail of sway bracing.
Note the scrap carpet protecting the pieces from scratching each other.
Eyebars for the bridge. These are of the up-set variety.
These stampings appear to be new, put on to keep all the pieces sorted.
These are the vertical members of the bridge.
These parts make up the endpost portion of the top chord.
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.
Lightweight loop-forged eyebar.
Pile of rods.
Various parts of the bridge.
This group of photos, from August 2006 shows part of the trusses erected.
Various views showing the partially assembled bridge.
Top chord connection.
Bottom chord connection.
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.
