Building A Bridge

   / Building A Bridge #1  

jtcweb

Member
Joined
May 20, 2002
Messages
46
Location
S.E. Michigan
Tractor
Ford 2N, Ford 4000 and DR Field & Brush Mower
I'm looking for information on how to build a bridge over a creek. The creek is about 20' wide and I have a Ford 8N tractor that I will driving across it.
 
   / Building A Bridge #2  
Just a thought - we have a company in Syracuse that deals in old railroad ties, rails, connecting plates etc. The tracks look to be about 40 foot long. Two or three of those would probably be sufficient for the base and you could just use 2 x 10 for decking.
 
   / Building A Bridge #4  
I'll take a ride later today and get the phone number. Don't know if they have a website. I think the ties were $10 each. You can pick or they deliver. Don't know about the tracks but know they have to be HEAVY. (Though I WOULD like to see what wrought n harv could make with some of those things!!!!!!/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif)
 
   / Building A Bridge #5  
My engineer stepson and I were considering a similar situation on our property, where a 12'-15' wide drainage swale runs into the lake across one of our walking trails. It is only about 4'-5' deep at the center. We both thought that a couple of 20' telephones, attached to 4 well-anchored concrete piers at each end, topped with 2x6 decking was the answer. I think you can get longer length poles for your situation. Did we do it yet? Nope. ALWAYS GLAD TO HELP A FELLOW 8N OWNER. Don't you feel like a step-child around here with all of these yuppie tractor owners?/w3tcompact/icons/cool.gif
 
   / Building A Bridge #6  
Multiple threads from the past may help out:

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=projects&Number=149043&page=&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1#Post149043>Creek Crossing</A>.

Concrete Foundations for Wooden Bridge.

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=rural&Number=16187&page=&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1>Bridging a Creek</A>.

Railroad car beds, truck beds, telephone poles, I-beams are useful.

Railroad rails are not - they have excellent strength on ties, but little free span strength.
 
   / Building A Bridge #8  
All of the info on used telephone poles got me to thinking about a project where I need to build a retaining wall partly in a pond.

Anybody know if the creosote in the old poles will kill the fish?
 
   / Building A Bridge #9  
I'm gonna watch this thread closely for ideas. I've got a customer who wants real bad to have a walk bridge across the creek to the first Olympic sized swimming pool north of Dallas. A quick guess is seventy feet clear span.

He wants it to look old and wood but have a steel frame. I know it can be done. But done and me haven't got together and talked about it yet.
 
   / Building A Bridge #10  
The railroad company in Syracuse is Frank Tartaglia Inc. Phone is 315 455 0100.
 

Tractor & Equipment Auctions

2015 Ford F-350 Service Truck with Liftgate (A48081)
2015 Ford F-350...
2013 JOHN DEERE 470G LC EXCAVATOR (A51242)
2013 JOHN DEERE...
2003 Big Tex 10PI 16ft. T/A Pipe Top Utility Trailer (A49461)
2003 Big Tex 10PI...
BREWSTER DRAWWORKS WITH TWIN CATERPILLAR ENGINES (A50854)
BREWSTER DRAWWORKS...
2018 Dodge RAM 3500 Truck W/Dump Bed (A50860)
2018 Dodge RAM...
Unused 2025 40ft. Texas Pride FT835524KGN 13 Ton T/A Gooseneck Flatbed Trailer (A49346)
Unused 2025 40ft...
 
Top