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I designed and built this bridge about 3 years ago for my niece. Her husband is a dentist. He does my dental work and I do his woodworking.
The bridge span is about 15’ and is 4’ wide. I started with setting 2 lengths of angle iron 6” apart into each of the three 10” round by 2’ deep concrete piers on each side of the creek for the 3 main supports. The 3 main supports are made-up of five 1” X 6” X 18’ Ceder boards glued and screwed together. A temporary support was set up in the middle of the creek to set the arch of the 3 supports.
I checked the other day and the bridge is still very solid but I still tighten up the bolts and lag screws.
The young lady standing on the bridge is one of their 4 daughters.
-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota





























13 comments so far
Grant Davis
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posted 395 days ago
That’s a nice looking project. Thanks for posting.
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thetimberkid
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posted 395 days ago
Looks great!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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SCOTSMAN
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posted 395 days ago
he does your bridgework and you do his eh? I was in the same profession in orthodontics for 31 years inc 5 years in Germany almost. Til I retired on health grounds and bought a 30 bedroom hotel 2 years later I retired from that 24-7days a week glad to be doing machining and woodwork when I feel like it.lol Alistair
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CharlieM1958
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posted 395 days ago
Alistair beat me to the punch-line about the brigework. :-)
That is one sweet-looking bridge!
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Napaman
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posted 395 days ago
wow…that is cool!!!
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woodworm
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posted 394 days ago
Great bridge and very refreshing place.
Take care.
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pashley
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posted 394 days ago
Real nice! Should last a long time.
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Bradford
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posted 394 days ago
This is the type of woodworking project that BELONGS in this forum. Thanks for an excellent project post.
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 394 days ago
A very well planned, & constructed creation.
It should give many years of use.
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rikkor
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posted 394 days ago
Great job Ron. Thanks for posting it.
cabinetmaster
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posted 394 days ago
Great job. I am thinking about making a small pond on my property and making a small bridge similar to this. Thanks for the post.
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Beginningwoodworker
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Thats a nice bridge.
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newTim
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And who did the root canal? Har har harrrrrr.
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