Photos/Tour: Military
Street Bridge
This is a special photo gallery, since it
is set up like a tour. You will find more extensive descriptions in this gallery
than in other galleries. Click a thumbnail to see the full-size image. If you want the
full-size image to open in a new window, hold down the shift key when you click
on a picture. Because this bridge is a modern structure, and thus not historic,
no Full / Wallpaper images are available for this bridge.
Military Street Bridge Tour
Bridge In Raised Position
Note the lack of aesthetics.
Bridge In Raised Position
Looks like MDOT got a good deal on concrete! When this bridge was
built a lot of work was done on the approach, and it really changed
the look of things to the concrete world you see in this picture.
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Bridge Being Raised
This movie shows the bridge being raised.
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Bridge Being Lowered
This movie shows the bridge being lowered.
The Control Room
The massive control panel for the bridge. Although it has about
three times as much buttons on it as the Seventh Street Bridge
control panel, all that is necessary (under normal operation) to
actually raise and lower the bridge is the push of two buttons. (One
to raise and one to lower)
The Control Panel
Detail of control panel. The knobs and levers on the left side are
for raising the bridge manually, something that only needs to be
done in the event the automated system is not working.
The Control Panel
More detail of control panel. The green button in the middle is what
you press to raise the bridge.
Gate Control
The controls for the north gates from the bridge are like Seventh
Street: separate from the main control panel. This is probably so
the bridge operator can ensure that the gates actually lower when
the button is pushed.
Bridge Going Up
View of the bridge just starting to go up. View from control room.
Bridge In Raised Position
Notice how you can see down below the bridge. Part of the tour will
be from down there.
Control Room Electrical Equipment
A wall of various electrical-related equipment.
Electrical Equipment Below
Directly below the control room is all of these levers and switches
for the electrical systems.
Inside the Superstructure
I climbed up a ladder and was able to peek into the inside of the
superstructure of the bridge. Everything in this picture is part of
the bridge that raises.
Hydraulics
This is the hydraulic machine that works to raise the bridge.
Hydraulics
This is the detail of the hydraulic equipment that works to raise
the bridge.
Hydraulics
Top of the hydraulic machines.
Rolling-Lift In Action
This is a sequence of images that show the bridge as it was going
up. Notice how as the bridge goes up, the bridge moves along the
track.
Rolling-Lift In Action
This is a sequence of images that show the bridge as it was going
up. Notice how as the bridge goes up, the bridge moves along the
track.
Rolling-Lift In Action
This is a sequence of images that show the bridge as it was going up. Notice
how as the bridge goes up, the bridge moves along the track.
Locking Lever?
I am unsure, but I am guessing that this lever locks the bridge. The
next picture will show it in the locked position.
Locking Lever?
The lever in the "locked" position after the bridge goes down.
Finally, some images from
HABS HAER,
which show the beautiful guardrails and wooden sidewalk of the previous
bridge.
