How to Build a Wooden Foot Bridge

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When is the materials list going to be up? I cant find the piers anywhere.

David

Feb 5, at 10:22pm

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oh and sarry about my spelling

dale

Jan 21, at 8:10pm

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Hello Ron,
m\My name is Dale and im a boyscout and for my eagle project that is going to be a bridge across a small creek like flood area that goes through a bike trail at one of my local parks and would like to know if your degine would work (if rescaled bigger) would work. The area is about 7 ft deep and about 50-60 ft across.
Please reply, Dale

dale

Jan 21, at 8:08pm

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Beautiful Job!

danny Medina

Oct 25, at 8:40pm

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Where can I purchase the concrete support piers? I didn't see them at lowes or 84 lumber. thanks

eagle

Oct 15, at 8:26pm

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Hi Doug - we have started the process of creating the plans and material lists to post on the website. We expect this process to take some time and apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for your patience.

Emily Lyman

Jul 21, at 1:49pm

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Can you send me the materils list for this project?

Doug

Jul 20, at 1:47pm

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Nice. I have a water run off that spans 20ft. Is there a need to use a mid support for this length?

Mehlisue

Jul 6, at 5:37pm

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Love it, now I need some water to build a bridge over. Valerie

Valerie May Douglas

Jun 27, at 6:31am

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Pressure treated lumber.I know you can find out what size lumber you wil need for a longer span ,there are charts for that. Add a support in the middle if needed.I like watching the video,I always learn something.Now if I could learn to type with two fingers.Good buy .

lee

Jun 25, at 8:32am

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Great plans.Just getting ready to make a water pond for house. This will top it off thanks

Jon Schmidt

Jun 24, at 6:49pm

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When I retire, I may just dig a ditch and build a bridge across it. I did not think it would be so simple. Great job and looks good too.

Sean

Jun 24, at 5:26pm

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Hi All, Thank you for your comments! We are working to post the plans and material lists to the website. Emily Lyman Ron Hazelton Team

Emily L.

Jun 24, at 3:59pm

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I like your Bridge-- But why not use the natural material at hand!!! I built a bridge over a small creek on my property. I used 2 fir logs 12in. x24 ft.set on 12x12 x2 in. concrete blocks--The deck is pressure treated 2x6- The hand rails are small alder trees I cut. Cost less than $100. and was fun building . You don"t need to spend all that money---Shop around for good used lumber

Larry LaFontaine

Jun 24, at 12:21pm

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i have trouble viewing your videos. they continually start and stop

wiley

Jun 24, at 10:36am

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Do have a list of the material used? What type of lumber, etc. Thanks, Len

Len Andru

Jun 24, at 9:40am

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I like this too but have no waterway to build one of these.

Ernie

Jun 24, at 2:18am

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Will two glued 2x8s handle a 20'span? Or do I need to go to 2x10s?

George Cole

Jun 9, at 12:04pm

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What type of weight can this bridge handle? I need to span about 20ft across a similar ravine and would like to build a bridge that can handle light machinery like a zero turn mower, polaris ranger utility vehicle or even a horse. At most 2500 lbs? let me know what I would need to do to reinforce a similar design to accomodate my needs. Thanks... good and easy video

Jun 3, at 1:17pm

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I would love to get the list of materials and tools used for the project thanks.

Max

May 22, at 4:10pm

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Would like to have a list of all the materials I need for this exact same bridge. Please send me this list so I can get started right away.

Eric Rekowski

May 22, at 10:56am

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nice job make sure you crown your boards up

eddie lovett

Apr 30, at 8:30am

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Hi Ron, I have the same question as Tung listed above. Can we use the same design to build a longer bridge (say 20 feet)? Like him, I need is 25-30 feet, is there an easy and strong way to connect two 20’ planks together? I was thinking I could overlap them by around 5 feet and lag bolt them. This is for a foot bridge to cross a creek to access a pond for fishing. Thanks for your help.

Ginny

Apr 16, at 9:04am

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Thank you, This is a grate video. I was wondering why you didn't put a bottom foot rail. I could see the dry wash wasn't very deep but a rail 3 inches up off the walking planks would've been proper.

Tim Kirkpatrick

Apr 8, at 5:39pm

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This video makes it seem so easy! I have the same basic question as Tung. My creek bridge needs to span 20'. Can I laminate two 4 x 6 x 20s into 20' beams and get the same sturdy design?

Lindsay

Mar 14, at 1:24am

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Great!! Thank you Ron! Can we use the same design to build a longer bridge (say 20 feet)? If the bridge I need is 25-30 feet, is there an easy and strong way to connect two 20' planks together? The maximum size of the planks that I could find anywhere in Hawaii is 20 feet. Thank you in advance for your help. Warm aloha, Tung

Tung

Dec 12, at 10:28pm

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Can someone send me the supply list for this bridge project? Myself and a few others are looking to build one as a commemorative structure to a mentor, surrounded by a stone peace garden. Thanks!

Jarrod

Dec 6, at 2:05pm

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can a lawn tracker go over these ok?

keppig

Sep 17, at 10:05pm

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thank you soooo much! I have been struggling to build a bridge. this is great and easy to do. ;-)

bwilliams

Sep 15, at 3:44pm

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Nice robust design, wanted to share a roof truss building trick form the wilds of W.Va. add a layer of Aluminum flashing glued inbetween the boards. due to the Shear strength of the metal it becomes very rigid. Mr steve

Steev Mccull

Aug 28, at 9:38am

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