Setting the Bridge

Well we got the bridge set today with no problems. It took about 4 hours. First, each section had to be stood upright and moved closer to the creek. This was a little tricky because they tended to want to roll over during this lift. Here is the first one.
And the second:
And here is the last piece going into place over the creek.
It looks nice. Now we just have to backfill and build the driveway.

Crane

Took the day off to get ready for the big day tomorrow. We're giving the old bridge away to someone who answered an ad in the paper. He is supposed to bring a trailer and the crane should be able to load it for him easily.

I dug out around the old bridge, hoping that the crane will also be able to lift out at least one of the old bridge foundations. It looks like it's about ready to fall over.

They dropped the crane off this afternoon. It's rated to lift 25 tons. The heaviest bridge section weighs 8 tons.The creek is really high now and after almost washing downstream a couple of times, Pepper learned to cross the foot bridge.

28th - Good bye old bridge

Fred removed all the dirt and gravel from the old bridge. It was a railcar.

Here is the footbridge that we will be crossing over for then next couple of days.
Hopefully the creek won't rise anymore than it has or we will have to swim across.