Because of the bridge’s historically protected status, to tear it down, federal law mandates that state authorities must prove that the cost of rehabilitating and maintaining the structure would be significantly higher than building a replacement.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/04/10/news/midcoast/frank-j-wood-bridge-fight/

Shadows of the bridge’s many tubes and lattices criss-cross our path.

Source: https://www.thenational.scot/news/23841062.forth-rail-bridge-told-people-know/?ref=rss

The ceremony was held beneath the bridge’s composite steel reinforced concrete superstructure, between the substructure’s piers on the east side of the bridge.

Source: https://www.akbizmag.com/industry/engineering/oconnell-bridge/