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— A pedestrian and mountain bike bridge that connects sections of the Forest Hill Park mountain bike trail south of the James River washed away during Thursday’s heavy rain.

The wooden bridge about 100 yards downstream from the 3600 block of Forest Hill Avenue appears to have broken in half, and two sections washed ashore on either side of the raging creek.

The site was near a rescue operation staged by the Richmond Fire Department, which responded to a man who’d become stuck against the rocks in the fast-flowing rapids. The incident was resolved shortly before 8 p.m. when firefighters got a rope bag and floatation device to the man.