The bridge replaced a wooden truss structure erected in 1873.
Large dishes often require a supporting truss structure behind them to provide the required stiffness.
A metre-high truss structure on top had held the probe's collection flask.
The bridge lasted for several decades, until the start of the 21st century, when plans were made to replace the deteriorating truss structure.
The tower was planned around a visible truss structure, which distributed stress to the four corners of the base.
One of the two major truss structures in the foundation weighs 750,000 pounds.
The bridge is a riveted Pennsylvania through truss structure that was constructed over a two-year period between 1931 and 1933.
The original temporary entrance hall was later replaced with a truss structure.
But in the main space, the roofline is higher and supported by the massive timbers with no truss structure.
The truss structure is a mixture of wrought and cast iron.