Raildudes dad
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Here's a drone shot from Facebook The original bridge stood almost 150 years. This one is designed for today's codes. You can see the black steel wind bracing we had to add to the ends LOL. The steel will be covered by the wood siding so it will look the same.I'm the project manager for the design and construction of a 120 foot long replica Brown Truss timber covered bridge. It's a 2nd in a lifetime. I was PM for a replica 100 foot long Brown Truss in Ada Mi back in 1980. Wiki is wrong, it has a 25 foot steel beam approach span on the west end. I'll post photos this weekend of the cranes and trusses. I have some neat lift photos for posting later. I forgot to say we set the 2 trusses in place today.
https://www.facebook.com/RebuildWhitesBridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Covered_Bridge
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I have some photos of the picks and we'll have some professional video and time lapse stuff when its finished.