PHOTO GALLERY: Providence Road pedestrian bridge removed

February 23, 2013 | 3:28 p.m. CST

The Providence Road pedestrian bridge between Douglass High School and the J.W. "Blind" Boone Community Center was removed Saturday morning.

Contracted workers try to deconstruct the pedestrian overpass Friday night near the J.W. "Blind" Boone Community Center on Providence Road. The thickness of the bridge was underestimated and dismantling of the bridge was moved to Saturday. | Sarah Ng

Workers watch as a crane is used in an attempt to lift the pedestrian overpass Friday near the J.W. "Blind" Boone Community Center on Providence Road. When workers realized the bridge was heavier than estimated, they waited for a new crane, then decided to delay the removal until Saturday morning. | Sarah Ng

Austin Kinney, 12, watches the pedestrian overpass near the J.W. "Blind" Boone Community Center being removed Friday on Providence Road with his father, Troy Kinney. "I thought it would teach him something educational," Troy Kinney said. | Sarah Ng

A worker secures the straps Friday night for the second crane that would be used to remove the pedestrian overpass near the J.W. "Blind" Boone Community Center on Providence Road. | Sarah Ng