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This photo gallery is grouped into notable sections of the bridge.
Pratt Through Truss Span and Adjacent Spans
South elevation of girder spans.
Views beside bridge from southeast quadrant.
Views under bridge.
Views approach spans west of the truss span looking east.
Top chord connections.
Bottom chord connections.
End post.
Turnbuckle on diagonal member.
View under span looking northwest to the northern branch railroad spans.
Bents.
Bent bearing.
Concrete piers.
Half-Through Truss Span and Nearby Spans
Views beside span from southwest quadrant.
Elevation from southwest quadrant.
Panoramic elevation from southwest quadrant.
Views beside bridge from southeast quadrant.
Elevation from northwest quadrant.
Views beside span from northwest quadrant.
View looking west from north of half-through truss span toward Mississippi River spans.
View looking west from south of half-through truss span toward Mississippi River spans.
View looking east from south of half-through truss span toward Pratt truss span.
Zoomed views looking west from south of half-through truss span toward Mississippi River spans.
Portal view facing west.
Views under bridge.
South elevation of girder spans.
Top chord connections.
Bottom chord connections.
Intermediate connections, only found on the northern truss line (for the highway half of the bridge).
Concrete bents.
Steel bents.
Expansion bearing.
Fixed bearing.
Piers.
Piers showing offset skew of each truss line.
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.
Top chord.
Bottom chord.
Bracing.
Vertical members.
View under bridge.
Views of truss web.
Highway Deck Truss Spans
Distant south elevation.
Panoramic south elevation.
Partial south elevation.
South elevation showing the western end of the surviving section.
Views showing bents.
Looking east at western surviving end of approach spans.
Top chord connections as viewed from beside bridge.
Bottom chord connections as viewed from beside bridge.
Railing and cantilevers.
Bearings.
Bottom chord and bracing.
Highway Pennsylvania Truss Span and Eastern Highway Approach
South elevation.
South elevation of approach girder span.
Elevation from southeast quadrant.
Portal views of truss span facing east.
Portal views on truss span facing east.
Portal views of truss facing west.
Portal views on truss facing west.
Views of truss web.
Facing west at entrance.
View on approach looking west. In the far distance, the Mississippi River spans are barely visible.
Portal view on eastern approach facing east. Note extra barrier for the sharp curve.
Top chord connections as viewed from beside bridge.
Top chord connections as viewed from on bridge.
Bottom chord connections as viewed from on bridge.
Portal bracing.
Sway bracing.
Lateral bracing.
Top chord.
End post and mystery object.
Vertical members.
Diagonal members.
Turnbuckles on diagonal members.
Railing.
Sidewalk.
Deck.
Cast iron cover panels.
Detail of curve barrier.
Expansion joints.
Remains of light post.
Railroad Pennsylvania Truss Span and Nearby Spans
South elevation.
Panoramic south elevation.
Views beside span from southwest quadrant.
View beside span from southeast quadrant.
North elevation from highway approach.
North elevation.
Span as seen from near 15th Street.
Top chord connections as viewed from beside bridge.
Bottom chord connections as viewed from beside and under bridge.
Bearings.
Vertical members.
Diagonal member.
Turnbuckle on diagonal member.
Portal bracing.
Overhead bracing.
Piers and bents.
Views under bridge.
Eastern Railroad Approach Girder Spans Near 15th Street
Overview of spans east of 15th Street.
Overview of spans west of 15th Street.
View looking east at the 15th Street span.
View looking northeast at the 15th Street span.
Oblique views of the 15th Street span from southwest quadrant.
Panoramic south elevation.
South elevation.
Details of bent over 15th Street.
Views of additional bents.
