Bridge rebuild

[G-man]

Built a suspension bridge over the creek almost 10 years ago.. it's Been rebuilt , stretched and  fixed several had rail added  times over the years due to flooding. This creek can be 4 to 6 ft deep after a storm and remain that way for a few days.. ( built it to cross for hunting  purposes)

Was finially time for a complete board support and deck rebuild.

Some old  photos and the new rebuild  last..

[broomeguy]

Cool project! What is the span? For foot traffic only? Dicey when icy? 

[G-man]

12 minutes ago, broomeguy said:

Cool project! What is the span? For foot traffic only? Dicey when icy? 

90 ft bridge.  Yes walking  ( done on purpose to keep atvs off) it's  not bad  icy sometimes  but walking  sideways with hand rails works well.    Also wide enough to drag deer across.

[mowin]

That looks fantastic. How much swing does it have? 

[G-man]

5 hours ago, mowin said:

That looks fantastic. How much swing does it have? 

Not to much  it all depends how you walk on it ..  one foot in front of other has a lot less then side to side ..  shuffling side ways has the least. 

[Ncountry]

Awesome project! Brings back memories. There is a piece of public land that had a couple cables roughly 5' apart in height that crossed a quick moving river. I think someone fell in the river at least every year. lol.

[Wolc123]

Wow, that’s way more complicated (and longer) than my foot bridge (12” wide x 2-1/2” thick x 16’ long white oak plank). 

Mine is easy to remove so that the aborigins (people I don’t know) have a little more difficulty getting into my woods.  I keep it leaning against a tree in there until I need it.  

[broomeguy]

There's a spot on our creek that I'd like to put a walking bridge across but one side is probably a good 30 feet higher than the other side. Could a suspension bridge be used in that scenario?

[G-man]

1 hour ago, broomeguy said:

There's a spot on our creek that I'd like to put a walking bridge across but one side is probably a good 30 feet higher than the other side. Could a suspension bridge be used in that scenario?

Yep . Hardest part is anchoring it.  We used 12 in sonotube 4 ft deep and 1 in rebar   ..could of used 1.5 in rebar  as trees in high floods snag it.. 2nd hardest it stretching the cables.. you need a cable puller hooked to winch  the tighter the better.