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Building a Bridge

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S. Heslop:
I gotta say when I read the first post I didn't think it'd be such an engineering project!

awemawson:
That's a serious investment in concrete Steve.

Were there no surplus Bailey Bridges in your neck of the woods ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailey_bridge

vtsteam:
Yes, guys, it's a lot!  Moving and rebuilding the forms every day was extreme. Pouring all that concrete  almost two weeks each day by noon was a major deal for me and the two guys who helped. It was all I could do to get a little work done on the new lathe by supper time!   :lol:

The reason it is this large a project is the effect of Hurricane Irene on Vermont.

See here:

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31082016/five-years-after-hurricane-irene-2011-effects-flooding-vermont-damage-resilience-climate-change

krv3000:
 :thumbup:

vtsteam:
Thanks Bob!  :beer:

We spent the last week excavating, placing the blocks, and backfilling:



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