WEIRD Los Angeles: The Bridge to Nowhere

[rudedog062]

I use to ride my mountain bike back to the bridge years ago. I think I'll get the bike out and try it again this spring.

[buzzkillg230rc]

Yer wrong about Giardia, its curable with meds.. Also their is nothing wrong with the insect life in the water that actually indicates healthy water..

[NotSoOldHippy]

Oh: We swim and drink in that water all the time, and I have been drinking the water all in the ANF for 30 years, never had any problems.

[redchango]

That part was a little alarmist.

[NotSoOldHippy]

Yep, my group built the bridge. I got video of the helicopter rigger being hauled ion on a long line under the helicopter when the footings had been built and ready to populate, then the bridge was brought in in 2 loads. The final measurements of the footings were near perfect, less than a quarter inch crossmeasured, and the bridge was set exactly on the footings perfectly, no need to nudge them at all. Web site crystallakeDOTname has the photographs, videos, and write-ups of Laurel Gulch bridg

[mobiltec]

Did this place burn in the recent fires?

[usmcvalle]

no it didn't

[NotSoOldHippy]

Ha! You deleted your command but I got a copy anyway. }:-} Isn't that a GREAT bridge?! We still need to put the brass plate on it with the engraved name for John Seales, USFS, RIP.

[mobiltec]

Well I noticed that you had answered the question after I asked it. So I deleted it. But ya. What a great bridge!

[NotSoOldHippy]

Nothing stays deleted on the Intertubes. }:-}

The four pivoting hooks that were used to sling the bridge under the helicopter were expensive, man-rated, very expensive, but we got to keep them for future projects.

We also have two man-rated grip hoists that'll pull something like 130,000 pounds, and we're getting some new cable for it since Boy Scouts put kinks in what we've got, our short lines. We have long lines of cable that'l pristine. I like that bridge very much.

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[mobiltec]

I know the people who installed that foot bridge made of wood along the trail. You guys ROCK! Great vid. I had no idea that was out there.

[NotSoOldHippy]

An interesting find, Mobiltec, thanks for the link!

Yeah, the Morris Fire burned East but did not climb through the East Fork far enough to get anywhere near the Sheep Mountain Wilderness. Morris they hopped on to with EVERYTHING they could muster and they got that out without any concern about the expense it sounds like. Even after it was out they were still staging helicopters on Morris and maintained their incident command there while Station Fire continued to burn.