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I work for a private school that has a summer camp. In our camp ground there is a dry bed creek that I had made a little deeper and wider to handle the water run off. Now I had to build a bridge for the kids to come across.
I rough cut all of the risers in my shop with a band saw, and then used my router to trim them to a templet. The arch is attached to a concrete pad on each end.
A supplier was looking at the property and ask me to build him one. I cut his out like a kit and he installed it. The bridge is 3’ wide by 9’ long and the arch is about 18” high. It is made from pressure treated pine.
That is me standing on the bridge and we do get snow in Georgia. Yes, that is a tepee in the back ground of me standing on the bridge.
-- "When we build, let us think we build forever." John Ruskin
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12 comments so far
aaronmolloy
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posted 53 days ago
Nice bridge love the design
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MsDebbieP
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posted 53 days ago
that’s awesome. I Like it!!
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GaryK
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posted 53 days ago
That’s a very nice bridge!
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biff_kpv
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posted 53 days ago
Looks very sturdy and functional….nice job!
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rikkor
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posted 53 days ago
Cool bridge. I like it.
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john
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posted 53 days ago
Nice work Bearpaw , it looks great !!!
I need one just like it for my little pond.
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HallTree
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posted 53 days ago
Nice bridge. Reminds me of one that I built a few years ago.
-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota
Scott Bryan
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posted 53 days ago
Bearpaw,
This is a nice looking bridge. I like the looks of the piece. I built something similar to this as well but as a plant stand for our deck. Same general design but on a smaller scale.
Thanks for the post.
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Dominic Vanacora
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posted 53 days ago
I I I I I I I I I I LIKE IT!
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Napaman
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posted 53 days ago
great bridge…so where was the snow? if not georgia—-or did you just mean the freak weather you have been getting has produced snow in georgia?
-- Matt, Napa, CA: Lj's...I love logging on--I feel so young after being around teenagers all day!
diggrduggr
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posted 53 days ago
Nice looking bridge, bet with the snow on it the kids have a new slide.
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sharad
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posted 52 days ago
Nice bridge. Children will be happy to run over it again and again.
Sharad
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