| Wooden bridges have been used for many centuries | | | | When 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 to | | | | bridge builders sell an 8 ft bridge but it will actually only |
| cross over low areas such as valleys, dips and | | | | span 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 many | | | | weather and water resistant wood or sealed and |
| decades ago to beautify and maintain Koi ponds and | | | | stained, along with stainless steel hardware such as |
| water gardens ... I'm sure you have all seen those | | | | bolts, washer, nuts and screws. We use only stainless |
| appealing pictures of Japanese gardens all of which | | | | steel or galvanized hardware in all our bridges and on |
| incorporate a wooden span bridge .Other parts of the | | | | all 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 more | | | | assembled and only a few tools required. We number |
| durable and weather, insect and water resistant | | | | and label each board, each post and rail and you just |
| California Redwood. We use only 100% California | | | | match the numbers and put in the screws and tighten. |
| Redwood Or Western Red Cedar to build our Garden | | | | It takes an average of 20 minutes to assemble our |
| Bridges to assure many years of use and beauty. | | | | bridges. |