Bracklinn Falls Bridge (6 images)

Bracklinn Falls has been without a bridge since flash floods washed away the original bridge in 2004. A new bridge was built on site by a team of two contractors who had to winch the 20 metre steel and timber structure into place by hand, with no mechanical assistance possible because of location. The bridge has a distinct copper roof and is designed using locally sourced tree trunks each measuring 12 metres long. It weighs 20 tonnes and took over 3,000 man hours to install, at a cost of...
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Bracklinn Falls has been without a bridge since flash floods washed away the original bridge in 2004. A new bridge was built on site by a team of two contractors who had to winch the 20 metre steel and timber structure into place by hand, with no mechanical assistance possible because of location. The bridge has a distinct copper roof and is designed using locally sourced tree trunks each measuring 12 metres long. It weighs 20 tonnes and took over 3,000 man hours to install, at a cost of £110,000.
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