A bridge for my Massey

[Kal130]

Nice project. I would consider trying to anchoring the ends down somehow and not count on trees to do that, because if the water raises a foot it might push the whole thing downstream or turn it and dump it in the river somehow. There will be a tremendous amount of force on the whole side of the bridge.

I made a wooden bridge out of barn beams which worked great until I had to pick it up about 1/2 mile downstream after some flooding. But it wasn't made of steel like yours and was lighter, but you have too cool of a bridge to have something happen to it.

Not sure what you mean by trees anchoring it, perhaps the fallen down tree that landed in it? It's locked in pretty good. I set the lower grade of the bridge above the high water level of the banks. Should be fine.

 

[Deere Dude]

Not sure what you mean by trees anchoring it, perhaps the fallen down tree that landed in it? It's locked in pretty good. I set the lower grade of the bridge above the high water level of the banks. Should be fine.

"So far so good. I think the occasional tree that comes along might snag on it while the water is high"

Sorry, I read it wrong. I thought you were counting on tree roots on the end to hold it in place. :confused2: My mistake. If higher water does hit the side of it, it will put a ton of pressure on it but if you are sure it won't get that high at any time, it should be fine.

 

[Kal130]

Here we go. Actually got a lot done in the 3 days I had to work on it.

 

[Mike476]

Nice job! :thumbsup:

 

[irvingj]

So the rock loads were just for getting across the swampy areas?

I'm envious; just walked my property lines recently- I have a nice chunk of land, like you, on the other side of a fairly deep ravine.

It's called a "seasonal runoff" ditch. Water never gets that high, but it sure has carved a deep gouge over the years. It sure would be nice to be able to get the tractor to the other side....

Really nice job on yours!

 

[Kal130]

So the rock loads were just for getting across the swampy areas?

I'm envious; just walked my property lines recently- I have a nice chunk of land, like you, on the other side of a fairly deep ravine.

It's called a "seasonal runoff" ditch. Water never gets that high, but it sure has carved a deep gouge over the years. It sure would be nice to be able to get the tractor to the other side....

Really nice job on yours!

Yeah, figured the muck would swallow up that concrete. Plus I had a few hundred tons laying around from remodeling my house.

A friend of mine told me he had a stress core concrete bridge at his old farm. Not sure how much that costs, but might be reasonable.

 

[GUS FINK]

very nice job
have seen thing done with an old railroad flatcar

 

[Kal130]

very nice job
have seen thing done with an old railroad flatcar

Just saw a flat bed rail car for sale in Michigan in the auto & rv. I think they wanted $4k for it. Although that would have been nice, I don't have near that much in this.

 

[GUS FINK]

I understand the flat car was over the Boardman River in northwestern Mich.
as I remember it was quite a lot wider then your creek maybe 20-30 feet As with you no center support needed