The bridge Thursday's progress

fixerupper · Jul 26, 2013

Not much progress on the bridge project yesterday. They were waiting for loads of fill sand most of the day. The bed is laid for the tubes so I expect to see the tubes laid today. We had .35" of very welcome rain last night. Wish it was more but we'll take what we can get.

The old bridge

The four legged engineer checking out the new bed

WI Dan · Jul 26, 2013

Is this a county road or a township road?

Great job updating us with photos!

fixerupper · Jul 26, 2013

County. They laid the first pipe in a few minutes ago. Looks like a big whale laying down there. More pics tomorrow. Jim

JMOR · Jul 26, 2013

You can carve this in stone: tin horns will not last as long as old bridge did. Seen tin horns rust out in less than a decade more than once.

49716 · Jul 26, 2013

nice to see some common sense out there yet. in my area they're tearing out all the culverts and replacing them with wooden bridges. it seems that the little green people think they're more enviro-friendly and extra funding is available.

Case e · Jul 26, 2013

If you want it to last put in a reinforced concrete box, they last forever and the enviromental impact of them is less than a wood bridge. I have seen them take out old boxes (75+) years and they beat on them with an iron ball for hours to break them up.

T in NE · Jul 27, 2013

Or do it like they did in the 1880's.

The bridge Thursday's progress

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