I have a reveen on my property that is around 100' across, and for years now the wife and me have been talking about building a good quality foot bridge that will alow us to cross the reveen and have access to the other part of our property without have to climb down it then back up to the other side. I'm looking for ideas " especially plans" on how to accoplish making a bridge across the reveen that would handle the weight of atleast two people and as stable as possible. I don't have any tree's in that area that i can cut down and use to cross the entire reveen. I want to keep the expense down since we're on a fixed income, yet something that will do the job and last for many years to come.

Ron from Cambridge, Ohio

-- Ron Noga (ronnoga@earthlink.net), January 01, 2000

Answers

do not know much about the construction of them but here in western north carolina there are quite a few suspension bridges made from cable or heavy wire rope. basically 4 strands 2 high and 2 low , tied vertically every so often with short lengths of cable the bottom pair of cables have planks attached like rungs on a ladder except much closer. mitch from wnc

-- john mitchell (mitchell@yancey.main.nc.us), January 07, 2000.

hey ron! got those pictures i was telling you about. one bridge is about 70 feet long and the other one is about 125 ft long. email me and we'll talk about it. thanks! old hoot gibson.

-- kd'hoot'gibson (hoot@otbnet.com), January 09, 2000.