Remove half wall in old kitchen

last year

We would like to remove part of a half wall that we have in our kitchen but we are not sure if it's load bearing. We opened the wall and realized that on the cieling side there's a 4.5 inch beam running (which we will keep) and on the lower end we have another 4.5 inch beam and in between we have small beams about 4.5 each with distance of 10 inchs (I made a drawing to make it easier to understand).
Can we just remove the section in the middle (marked with green box in one of the pictures) if we leave the sides as is?
Any help and opinion will be appreciated

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Manar Afana
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Manar Afana
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cat_ky
last year
That appears to be an arch way, and if so, it is most likely load bearing. Please do not remove anything, until you have it checked out by a good knowledgeable contractor. You may end up with it all caving in, when you dont know what you are doing.
klem1
last year
Manar your question is similar to a kid asking a passerby how to start the car he's sitting in. You need an experienced contractor for this work. Put the wrecking bar away. You will only have more questions as you go along until you have gone too far before asking.

The sheer size of beams coupled with o.c. spacing says it's load bearing but looks are often deceiving. In this case proof isn't in the pudding,it's in the attic.