by waaytoomuchintothis » Wed Mar 11, 2015 4:37 pm
Blake, this stuff just turns me on (how old am I to use that expression?), and I just realized why that bridge is so familiar.
When I was a kid, Gov. "Uncle" Earl Long (pretty much crazy, but a real snakecharmer), of Louisiana, had a bunch of his relatives and pals building bridges very similar to that design all over south Louisiana at top dollar. Some of them still don't have roads going to them! The only detail your buddy left out is the long iron bolts that connected the top frame to the bottom frame to keep tension. Its a really good model. Is he a long time resident of the area?