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Ron-MO

09-26-2007 15:46:55




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Been working most of the day between my 8N and 5000 with loader to fix some damage on my road near a small stream. Been contemplating building a bridge to raise my road and avoid the water crossing. Anyone have any ideas on the easiest and best way to build a small bridge? The stream ususally completely goes dry in the late summer, but can get large enough to prevent crossing in a vehicle such as last night. It is roughty 20 feet from bank to bank, stream bed is bed rock. This would also help during winter as I have to cross the stream and immediately climb a fairly large hill. When there is ice and snow it is a challenge once you have wet tires, and there is no way to get any running start at the hill. Of course I can hire someone to pour a low water slab, but surely someone has some experience building some sort of bridge.

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soundguy

09-26-2007 17:59:26




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 Re: OT - Bridge Ideas in reply to Ron-MO, 09-26-2007 15:46:55  
Ditto on the flat bed RR car.. or even a scrapped mobile home frame that could be cut up then planked with large timber.

Alternately.. and not my 1st choice would be to but a few 18" concrete culverts in, and then backfill acros them and then timber it if you want, or provide sufficient fill overhead for load bearing support.

That last one may be tricky depending on how that 'waterway' is 'seen' in your local area.

A more expensive way would be a box culvert section.

A cheaper way, with more work would involve jetting some timbers in and using them as piers/piles, say 3 rows of 3.. or 4 rows of 3, longways, say.. 8x8's then lay the long runners down, either heavy timber.. or I beam metal.. then lay some heavy timber planking across that.

Soundguy

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RockyMO

09-26-2007 17:50:15




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 Re: OT - Bridge Ideas in reply to Ron-MO, 09-26-2007 15:46:55  
Hi Ron, what part of MO are you in? Here are a couple of thoughts that come to mind. Buy an old semi truck flat bed trailer, they can be pretty cheap when they are no longer road worthy. Park it across the creek but beside the existing crossing. This would give you the option of driving your vehicle over the creek when the water is high, but through the old existing crossing with large trucks. Any large timber close by? Drop a few trees across alternating ends. dig them in to the bank a little for stability. Go to a local mill and get oak boards to span the timbers. You should be able to make something that would hold a car. Do this beside the existing crossing for the same reasons.

Rocky in MO.

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old

09-26-2007 17:13:32




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 Re: OT - Bridge Ideas in reply to Ron-MO, 09-26-2007 15:46:55  
Well Ron if you live in Missouri like I think your name impallys you better check with DNR before you do any thing or down the road it could casue you bigger problems. As far as the best and cheapest way calverts and cement will cost far less then any bridge you can build. 20 feet doesn't seem that long but once you figure it has to be 8 foot wide or more and then rails etc etc it will add up real fast plus if you need a truck to go over it then you need it to hold 10 ton or more and thats a lot of steel and cement plus it has to be put in so the stream will not wash it out the first time the water comes up.

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D Squared

09-26-2007 17:09:02




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 Re: OT - Bridge Ideas in reply to Ron-MO, 09-26-2007 15:46:55  
A friend of mine had a relative in Alaska. He made a bridge out of a flatbed RR car then covered it with dirt. No weight issues.



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ericlb

09-26-2007 16:10:03




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 Re: OT - Bridge Ideas in reply to Ron-MO, 09-26-2007 15:46:55  
id advise using a steel culvert then filling over it, it will be cheaper than any bridge of any serious size, then with a bridge theres always the question of how much weight can it take, do you need acsess for any large trucks, ie dump trucks, propayne trucks ect. now or future? if so then with a bridge you just quadrupiled the cost, get a contractor to give you a idea of what size culvert you'll need and compare the cost

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Ron-MO

09-26-2007 16:22:54




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 Re: OT - Bridge Ideas in reply to ericlb, 09-26-2007 16:10:03  
I will need to bring heavy trucks across.....propane truck, possible dump truck full of gravel, etc. so weight is a big concern.



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old

09-26-2007 19:34:26




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 Re: OT - Bridge Ideas in reply to Ron-MO, 09-26-2007 16:22:54  
AS I said check with DNR, found out the hard way you don't mess with a creek with out doing so or it can/will cost you big $$$$ in fines. BTDT because of mineing gravel from a creek. You may own the land but they own the water and you do something to mess with the water they mess with your back pocket big time

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