Critique my gate design

[IHDiesel73L]

How big is your backyard? You say you live in a "closely packed subdivision", so I can't imagine a need for a fire truck or ambulance to get back there. They'd just park on the street in just about every situation I could think of and lug stuff/people to/from the scene. Otherwise, nothing wrong with your idea, a little overkill in my mind, but it'll sure work. And if you're going to use a lintel, why use 6x6 posts? 4x6's or even 4x4's would probably be ok considering you're balancing the bending forces on the posts.

I tried to allude to that before-my backyard is 75' x 100' I figure worst case scenario if something terrible were to happen to me along the back fenceline it wouldn't take that long to wheel me on a gurney to the driveway :laughing: I get that folks are trying to be safety conscious though.