Scratchbuild - Another Bridge Project

[Gary S]

I enjoyed building the bridge for the Summer Structure Challenge, so will do another! This is another prototype bridge that is about 2 miles south of the Challenge bridge. On the layout, it will be about 8 feet from the other bridge - selective compression. It is an interesting bridge in that it appears to be a rebuilt timber structure - seems they cut the wooden bent pole down a bit, then added some concrete beams and some steel I-beams up above. As measured by GoogleEarth, the bridge is 170 feet long and 16.5 feet wide - funny that on Bing, the bridge appears much wider but alot shorter than the real thing. Should be a fun project. I won't build it as a strictly prototype match, will make some adjustments to fit the layout, but it should be close.

This will be built from styrene, got most of the structural stuff yesterday and got some nut-bolt-washer castings today.

Some images:

   

   

   

   

And a bing map: