[TheForge] bridge

[Ries Niemi]

Well, that depends on what it weighs.
I have built 40' bridges (pedestrian) that only weigh 5000lbs, but that is an aluminum bridge.
A 50' bridge that will carry cars can easily weigh 100,000 lbs or more- making it double the weight a full 40' semi will carry, and requiring a pretty decent sized wrecker, too.

ries



On Oct 10, 2011, at 1:14 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:

> Heck, all a person'd need is a slide back trailer to carry it and a boom 
> truck or truck wrecker to pull it out of the river. Swiping a  mere 50' 
> bridge is almost a hobby project.
> 
> Jer
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>> If someone had access to one of those semi flat beds like the oil and
>> gas cos. use for their drilling  operations . All they would have to
>> do cut the anchors and winch it on.
>> 
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>> Kim George
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>> "Why for you try to bury me in cold,cold ground?"
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Ries Niemi
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