The Francis Scott Key Bridge is gone, but its image lives on. Rammed by a freighter and destroyed in March, the iconic span has since spawned likenesses in merchandise ranging from coffee mugs and Christmas ornaments to T-shirts and tote bags. There’s even a scented candle to be had, one advertised to “smell like the Francis Scott Key Bridge … [a] patriotic blend of ocean breeze and historic whispers.”

Also on the market: a jigsaw puzzle gleaned from a photo of the bridge taken in better times, its cut-out pieces allowing players to “rebuild” the span on a table at home. It’s an upbeat exercise, if a fanciful one, to resurrect the bridge whose collapse cost six lives and will require an estimated $1.7 billion to rebuild.

“It probably makes people feel better” to do the puzzle, said Bill Cannon, a photographer from Philadelphia who snapped that tranquil picture of the bridge with his digital Nikon on a crystal-clear day during a day trip to Baltimore in 2015.

“I’d taken my grandsons to Fort McHenry and [while there] noticed the bridge in the distance,” said Cannon, 62. “A lone sailboat was heading toward it, so I waited five minutes, until [the vessel] was in the center of the frame, and got the picture.”

Nine years later, while working at home, he heard the news. The Key Bridge was gone.

“I felt sick when it happened,” he said. “I’d crossed that bridge many times while going to Baltimore. It was a beautiful bridge; I love the symmetry of the picture.”

Before the accident, Cannon had posted both print and puzzle for sale on his website (billcannon.net), one of 15,000 images, mostly landscapes, offered up there. Since, he has sold nearly a dozen puzzles, of from 96 to 1,000 pieces, both to gamers and others who cherish the memory of the bridge — and who enjoy reconstructing it, painstakingly, one piece at a time.

“When the new bridge is built, I’ll photograph that, too,” he said. “But it won’t be the same.”