Pic shows Project Manager Kenny Auld under the new Bracklinn Falls Bridge, near Callander, which opens tomorrow (Tues 16th). The popular walking spot at Bracklinn Falls has been without a bridge since flash floods washed away the original bridge in 2004. Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park has worked with Callander Community Development Trust to replace the bridge. The rural location of the site made it impossible to use traditional installations methods including crane and helicopter options. A team of two contractors had to winch the 20 metre steel and timber structure into place by hand. The bridge has a distinct copper roof and is designed using locally sourced Larch and four Douglas Fir 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. Project Manager Kenny Auld (in some pics) is on 07740073286 - picture by Donald MacLeod 15.11.10 - mobile 07702 319 738 - clanmacleod@btinternet.com - www.donald-macleod.com
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Pic shows Project Manager Kenny Auld under the new Bracklinn Falls Bridge, near Callander, which opens tomorrow (Tues 16th). The popular walking spot at Bracklinn Falls has been without a bridge since flash floods washed away the original bridge in 2004. Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park has worked with Callander Community Development Trust to replace the bridge. The rural location of the site made it impossible to use traditional installations methods including crane and helicopter options. A team of two contractors had to winch the 20 metre steel and timber structure into place by hand. The bridge has a distinct copper roof and is designed using locally sourced Larch and four Douglas Fir 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. Project Manager Kenny Auld (in some pics) is on 07740073286 - picture by Donald MacLeod 15.11.10 - mobile 07702 319 738 - clanmacleod@btinternet.com - www.donald-macleod.com

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