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Photos of constructed bridges with the following spans:
·1'·7'·8'·11'·12'·14'·15'·16'·17'·18'·22'·23'·24'·25'·27'·27'·27'·28'·30'·32'·36'·38'·40'·50' ·
  ·0,3·2,1·2,4·3,3·3,8·4,2·4,5·4,8·5,1·5,4·6,6·6,9·7,3·7,5·8,1·8,1·8,1·8,4·9·9,6·10,8·11,4·12·15 ·m

18' / 5,4m
using 2x4s
Frank,

Attached are a few photos of my completed bridge. I built the bridge deck last year and just completed the railings.

The bridge is 18 feet long with 2x4 treated lumber for the arches and 5/4 lumber for the decking. The railing is a PVC product made for decks and stairs.

Thanks for your assistance.

Mark W, Waconia MN
18 ft. wooden arch bridge

18 ft. wooden arch bridge

Dave's bridge, using 2x8 red cedar

18 ft. wooden arch bridge 18 ft. wooden arch bridge 18 ft. wooden arch bridge
18 ft. wooden arch bridge 18 ft. wooden arch bridge 18 ft. wooden arch bridge
Frank,
It's been awhile but I finally erected your bridge kit.
It went together beautifully and is solid as a rock. I can barely feel any flex at all, even with several people on it.
As you will see, from the attached images, we still have to do some landscaping to complete the project, but the bridge is the focal point of it all. I did add a center support for the 5' width, and changed the approaches to steps, as I thought they would be too steep, especially when wet. I hope you like the images.

Thank you for a beautiful bridge!
We get lots of "Ooo's", "ah's" and "Oh wow's" about it.

We are extremely happy with the whole project but without the "Rainbow Bridge" it would just be another deck. Thanks again for the design, quality of materials, expert work, easy instructions, identification of parts, and communication.

I'm trying to figure out where I can put another one.

Dave W. WA
18 ft. wooden arch bridge 18 ft. wooden arch bridge 18 ft. wooden arch bridge
18 ft. wooden arch bridge 18 ft. wooden arch bridge 18 ft. wooden arch bridge

The design and construction techniques presented on this page are protected from patents by prior art & copyright and I reserve all rights regarding this design. Feel free to utilize this information for personal use but applications involving the exchange of money, require my approval. If you'd like to build bridges for profit, I'd be happy to help you. :-)  Frank Petersohn

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