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Looks interesting, I'll navigate. Thanks Bob!--Sage

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:26:19 -0700 (PDT)
 bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> Try this site, It is entirely devoted to building 
> homeade brideges.  You might have to navigate a bit or 
> ask questions to meet your needs.  Good luck ....... 
> bobford
>
> http://www.bridgesite.com/cgi-bin/dcforum_5/dcboard.cgi
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 7/10/08, eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net> 
> wrote:
>
> > From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> > Subject: [Homestead] Owner built bridges
> > To: "Don Bowen" <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>, 
> > homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008, 10:01 AM
> > Thanks, Don. If you find it or think of the title let me 
> > know. Meanwhile, I see if I can find anything on the 
> > Internet by that description.
> >
> > Has anyone on the list designed or built such a bridge 
> > themselves? Getting to the lowest tractor crossing 
> > location with heavy equipment wouldn't be easy, would 
> > likely destroy more habitat than it's worth. I would
> > say 
> > it needs to be about a 50 foot span and one side of the 
> > land is maybe 3-4 feet higher than the other. It would 
> > likely need to be 3 feet above the rock creek bottom to 
> > be 
> > of any use in crossing. Any supporting structures would 
> > have to be somehow anchored into conglomerate limestone 
> > which can be fragile...at least there is no frost line 
> > to 
> > consider.
> >
> > --Sage
> >
> > On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:46:09 -0500
> >   "Don  Bowen" <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
> > wrote:
> > >>Is there any book or source you could recommend on
> > >>owner-built small-scale bridges (foot, tractor)?
> > I'm
> > >>thinking of something along the lines you see in
> > state
> > >>parks, etc.
> > > 
> > > One of the Fine Homebuilding books of a collection of 
> > >magazine articles has 
> > > at least one article on building a bridge of local 
> > >materials.  Unfortunately 
> > > like so much of my life it is in storage and 
> > >inaccessible.
> > > 
> > > Don Bowen      KI6DIU
> > >
> > http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
> >
> > > 
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