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Resources for building major structures for trails and greenways: bridges, boardwalks, overpasses, and tunnels. Includes trailhead facilities such as restrooms. Also see the "Creative Crossings" area on trail bridges.

 

• Tunnels on trails: A Study of 78 Tunnels on 36 Trails in the United States -- or download the PDF file

• Shenandoah River State Park, VA develops a boardwalk
• Boardwalks for accessibile trails and nature walks: photo gallery
• Boardwalks along Little Bear Creek through environmentally sensitive areas
• Boardwalk on Happy Creek Nature Trail, WA
• Notes on using Bedford's recycled plastic lumber for boardwalks
• More Boardwalks Enticing Coloradans

• Trailblazing Toilets: using composting toilets for trail situations
• Designing signage systems for water trails

 

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• "Walkway Over the Hudson" opened as newest National Recreation Trail and longest pedestrian bridge
• No land for trail? No problem. Akron builds floating Towpath Trail along shoreline.
• Matching funds sought for Rock Island railroad bridge near Clinton Library in Little Rock, AR

 

• New Riverway Bridge spans the scenic Colorado River in Moab, Utah
• Junction Bridge provides new trail link across Arkansas River in Little Rock
• The Missouri River Pedestrian Bridge in Omaha is 2566 feet long with pylons 266 feet high
• Creative Crossings: innovative trail bridge and overpass designs showcased at the 2004 National Trails Symposium
• Parley's Crossing Trail and bridge over freeway, Salt Lake City
• The bridge over the Corps of Engineers' Murray Lock and Dam is the longest bridge built specifically for pedestrians and bicyclists in the world
• Walkway Over the Hudson: Creating the World’s Longest Pedestrian Bridge (8.6 mb)
• USFS Trail Bridge Catalog topdf help select trail bridge types, decks, rail systems, abutment systems, and materials.
• Cedar View Trail bridge designs, Fairfield, Iowa
• Clear Creek bridge forges new link in The Colorado Trail
• Colorado Trail Clear Creek bridge and reroute project
• Bridge provides key link in Louisville's system: 231-foot bridge is rolled into place
• Photo gallery: Recycled railroad bridges on rail trails
• Recycling railroad flatcars for bridges on the Frisco Highline Trail
• Another flatcar bridge on the Grant Wood Trail
• Photos and description of lightweight Rocky I Bridgeremote installation (PowerPoint 665 kb)
• Fire Protection and Fire Prevention on wooden covered bridges
• Bridges and Other Major Structures from AASHTO Green Book
• Choosing the Right Bridge: A look at structure types, costs and other issues
• Thoughts on the dedication of the Sundial Trail Bridge

• Beaman Park Trail Bridge was built by volunteers in Nashville, TN (pdf 2.4 mb)
• Construction of pole bridges and suspension bridges on the Cumberland Trail (TN)

 

 

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