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Workers from QC Crane worked to haul each of the 20,000-pound beams down from their sky-high perch — an enormous yet delicate balancing act.   

"The guys up there will torch holes through (the beams). They determined rigging points where they'll put rigging through there and we'll hook on to it with the crane," said Joe Wood, crane operator and owner of QC Crane.   

It's a case of going out with the old, thanks to something new.

QC Crane just opened in 2021 after decades of woodworking for other contractors across the area. Scoring the old bridge demolition came at a perfect time as well: just one week after the company purchased the heavy-duty crane used in the land span's demolition. The 240-ton machine is the biggest Wood owns.   

"I've been over this bridge a million times growing up here. I didn't think I'd ever be the one taking down the last beams, so that's pretty neat to do," Wood said. "A new local company and all local guys going the work. It's been a neat project, seeing it from beginning to end."