Top/fifth floor of the
bridge tender's building. The screens will display images
from the cameras installed on the bridge. Eventually, the
bridge tender will be able to view images from the Michigan
Street Bridge as well.
(Third floor of bridge
tender's building)
This........
...turns this. This
raises and lowers the bridge and...
...moves this, the "rolling" portion of the bridge.
The bridge is closed in this photo.
(second (from bottom) floor)
The
"rolling" portion of the bridge. The bridge is open in this
photo.
Emergency brake (Third
floor)
Counter weight
The
bottom floor of the bridge tender's building,
the counter weight fills this room when the bridge is
up/open.
(second (from bottom) floor)
Bridge up
Bridge open/up
View
from second (from bottom) floor.
View
from second (from bottom) floor.
When
the bridge is up/open, the entire weight of the span is
being held here
Notice the counter weight in the lower left hand corner
(made of concrete). That weight is filling the room on the
bottom floor.
Crews moving barge
All
crew and equipment should be gone by mid August
