Megan Eno @ November 15, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Two volunteers chip bark off a pine tree felled for a spar pole for the rigging required to lift the pre-built bridge into place over Monkey Creek. The one not looking at the camera is our own Judd Goodlin, GIS Analyst in the Tallahassee office, who spent his weekend on F-Troop.
Megan Eno @ November 15, 2006 # No Comment Yet
F-Troop regulars Ian Brown and Jim Glancy were among the crew “deconstructing” the old Monkey Creek bridge and moving the wood out to a forest road where it could be picked up later. The new bridge is located about a quarter mile downstream, which means the trail is also being rerouted as part of the [...]
Megan Eno @ November 8, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Apalachicola National Forest
Thursday – Sunday November 9th -19th, 2006
Join us on this landmark event to build the longest free spanning bridge on the Florida Trail!
The Project
Constructing the Monkey Creek Bridge The 80’ free spanning bridge is made of a light-weight fiberglass composite material. It is basically a kit that comes precut and predrilled. The pieces are designed [...]
FTA Staff @ October 31, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Deep in the Apalachicola National Forest south of Tallahassee, the Bradwell Bay Wilderness is a watery wonderland, an inland swamp where virgin pine and cypress stand proudly along a section of the Florida Trail that Backpacker magazine once called “one of the toughest hikes in America.†Draining Bradwell Bay, Monkey Creek flows into the wild [...]
Megan Eno @ October 15, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Limit: 50 volunteers
Long-Span Bridge Construction
Difficulty: ***
(with a rigging training on the 11th & 12th)
Come and be a part of history as we build the longest free-spanning bridge on the entire Florida Trail. Construction of the 80-foot Monkey Creek Bridge will soon begin. Join us for this momentous occasion as we reopen a beautiful section of [...]