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Building a Bridge
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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