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Published July 04, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Flood damage at Jay Cooke State Park, summer 2012


Members of the media take photos and video of the damage to the Swinging Bridge at Jay Cooke State Park on Tuesday, July 3, 2012. Park officials gave journalists a tour of damage in the park - including its iconic bridge - caused by severe flooding in June. At the peak of the flooding, water reached above the surface of the bridge. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)

  • Members of the media take photos and video of the damage to the Swinging Bridge at Jay Cooke State Park on Tuesday, July 3, 2012. Park officials gave journalists a tour of damage in the park - including its iconic bridge - caused by severe flooding in June. At the peak of the flooding, water reached above the surface of the bridge. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer Mike Scott speaks to the media in Jay Cooke State Park on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, against the backdrop of a large washout along Minnesota Highway 210. The park will remain closed through at least October because of damage caused by massive flooding in late June. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Floodwaters overtopped the iconic Swinging Bridge at Jay Cooke State Park near Thomson in June, leaving behind the damaged span seen Tuesday, July 3, 2012, during a media tour of the park. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Members of the media view a massive washout along Minnesota Highway 210 in Jay Cooke State Park on Tuesday. This washout, east of the park headquarters, was caused when an embankment along Forbay Lake gave way in June and water rushed down to the St. Louis River. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Minnesota DNR officials talk to the media alongside a "slump" along the Willard Munger State Trail near the Buffalo House, near Esko. The trail was damaged by heavy rain in late June. (2012 file / News Tribune)
  • A "slump," caused by the shifting of saturated soil after heavy rain in late June, has damaged this section of the Willard Munger State Trail near Esko, seen Tuesday, July 3, 2012. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • While the four stone columns of the landmark Swinging Bridge at Jay Cooke State Park remain standing after record flooding in June, they were damaged by the rushing water and debris of the St. Louis River. The columns were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s and modified in the early 1950s after a flood washed away the bridge in 1950. Columns seen Tuesday, July 3, 2012. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • The landmark Swinging Bridge at Jay Cooke State Park near Thomson is seen in its mangled state Tuesday, July 3, 2012, after being wrecked by record flooding in late June. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • The landmark Swinging Bridge at Jay Cooke State Park near Thomson is seen in its mangled state Tuesday, July 3, 2012, after being wrecked by record flooding in late June. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Part of Minnesota Highway 210 west of the Jay Cooke State Park headquarters is washed out where a culvert was unable to handle heavy rain in late June. Seen Tuesday, July 3, 2012. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • A massive washout along Minnesota Highway 210 in Jay Cooke State Park, seen Tuesday, July 3, 2012. This washout, east of the park headquarters, was caused when an embankment along Forbay Lake gave way in June and water rushed down to the St. Louis River. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Remnants of pavement hang in the air alongside a massive washout along Minnesota Highway 210 in Jay Cooke State Park, seen Tuesday. This washout, east of the park headquarters, was caused when an embankment along Forbay Lake gave way in June and water rushed down to the St. Louis River. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)