The amount of camber created a problem during construction. At Congdon's suggestion, Rogers built falsework to support construction of a bridge with a camber. Stone, now himself supervising Rogers' work, ordered the camber reduced to . With the members of the upper chord now too long, Rogers had the bearings shaved down. It is clear Rogers ordered other changes as well, but it is uncertain what these included. Gasparini and Fields suggest he also had the lugs atop the angle block planed down as well. When the falsework began to be removed, the dead load caused the bridge to bend about below horizontal. The bridge was jacked up and the falsework put back in place. Stone then ordered the chord members to be returned to their original lengths, restoring Tomlinson's intended camber. Rather than ordering new I-beams, Rogers used shims to close the space between the bearings and the lugs.