Building a bridge

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I really hate to be a wet blanket. Where did you come up with the design? Just because it "looks good", it dose not follow that it will not collapse. I will not offer how I would do it, because bridge building is way out of my field.
 
   / Building a bridge #12  
Nice looking bridge. I was looking at the picture of tyour tractor and wondered, where are the headlights?
 
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What part of the country are you in? Any frost/ice/spring floods? Would love to build something like that but too timid.....

I'm in Ky. Everything underground is below the frostline (about 3 feet).
 
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I really hate to be a wet blanket. Where did you come up with the design? Just because it "looks good", it dose not follow that it will not collapse. I will not offer how I would do it, because bridge building is way out of my field.

I designed it myself, and you may be right. I think I made it way stronger than it will ever need to be.
 
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Nice looking bridge. I was looking at the picture of tyour tractor and wondered, where are the headlights?

lol, I dented the hood, and i took them out to fix the dent.
 
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Today i put the gravel on the other side, had to drive over the bridge, with full buckets of gravel (8 in all). No problems. I was more worried about the pavers cracking in between the mortar joints than the bridge collapsing. Will post pics soon.
 
   / Building a bridge #17  
The second set of photos you posted really show how sturdy this bridge is. I believe you will have no problem driving your tractor across it.;) How much time do you have vested in this project?
 
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The second set of photos you posted really show how sturdy this bridge is. I believe you will have no problem driving your tractor across it.;) How much time do you have vested in this project?

About a weeks worth of spare time.
 
   / Building a bridge #19  
Well Buggyman,...I too am ignorant of bridge-building skills,....but IMHO I'd say you did a darn nice job of it. Sounds like you're deep enough for footings in KY and structurally sound enough for your own needs.

Nice design and just about what I need over the main inlet to my lake (pond), but I might just be tempted to increase the 4 x 4's to 6 x 6's for my 3520 Cab with a 73" bucket (clay, gravel etc, heavy),.....But I'm thinking out loud here and only meant to compliment you on a nice job,..your girlfriend gets a hand also for her fine input !!!

CHEERS !
. . . tug
 
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Well Buggyman,...I too am ignorant of bridge-building skills,....but IMHO I'd say you did a darn nice job of it. Sounds like you're deep enough for footings in KY and structurally sound enough for your own needs.

Nice design and just about what I need over the main inlet to my lake (pond), but I might just be tempted to increase the 4 x 4's to 6 x 6's for my 3520 Cab with a 73" bucket (clay, gravel etc, heavy),.....But I'm thinking out loud here and only meant to compliment you on a nice job,..your girlfriend gets a hand also for her fine input !!!

CHEERS !
. . . tug

I did use 6x6's, the 4x4's only support the posts for the sides. Thanks for the kind comments.
 

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