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Bridge Design

Posted by Rupert Connor on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, In : Bridge 

Here are a couple of screenshots of our bridge design taken from our Solidworks drawing. To give a sense of scale, the main beams (shown in grey) are about 10 feet (3metres) long and 6 inches (150 millimetres) deep. We're waiting for the weather to get warmer and drier before concreting the holding down bolts into the abutments. We're still hearing the phrase 'risk of frost' on the weather forecast in this part of the world.


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Bridge design

Posted by Rupert Connor on Friday, June 28, 2013, In : Bridge 
The basic oval (phase 1 on the Track Plan page) is now more or less complete except for construction of the bridge. As usual a surprising amount of time has been used moving piles of stones and stripping/relaying turfs. At least today's rain is welcome as it should give the newly laid turfs a good watering.

The idea for the bridge is to keep it structurally simple, but add some decorative ironwork to make the design appear more complex. Structurally we intend using two 'universal' steel beams ...
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