Garden Arch Bridges Span The Ages

Wooden bridges have been used for many centuriesWhen looking for a Pond or Garden bridge, you should
for things such as draw bridges, for spanning crevices,know exactly how long the bridge will span. Some
over creeks, ponds, gulleys and in fact anywhere tobridge builders sell an 8 ft bridge but it will actually only
cross over low areas such as valleys, dips andspan about 6 1/2 ft.
depressions as well as water of course.You should also make sure the bridge is made of
Japan started making wooden arch bridges manyweather and water resistant wood or sealed and
decades ago to beautify and maintain Koi ponds andstained, along with stainless steel hardware such as
water gardens ... I'm sure you have all seen thosebolts, washer, nuts and screws. We use only stainless
appealing pictures of Japanese gardens all of whichsteel or galvanized hardware in all our bridges and on
incorporate a wooden span bridge .Other parts of theall our bridges we measure the span length that it will
world caught on during the last 20 years or so.span and not the arch length.
The wooden arch bridge is usually made of cedar,You should try to find a bridge that is very easily
pine, douglas fir and a few places use the moreassembled and only a few tools required. We number
durable and weather, insect and water resistantand label each board, each post and rail and you just
California Redwood. We use only 100% Californiamatch the numbers and put in the screws and tighten.
Redwood Or Western Red Cedar to build our GardenIt takes an average of 20 minutes to assemble our
Bridges to assure many years of use and beauty.bridges.