Megan Eno @ November 15, 2006 # No Comment Yet
I headed out to Monkey Creek this past weekend to see what the crew was up to. Here are some of the photos from the project. This one is our Fall 2006 FTA North Trail Crew, SCA volunteers who worked together before F-Troop started in order to get these hard-core bridge abutments built for the [...]
Megan Eno @ November 15, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Someone needs to stay at base camp at “mind the store” … and who could be better than Apalachee chapter member  Linda “Earthworm” Patton at keeping the mess hall clean? I was surprised at just how far a walk it was from base camp to the project site … the crew is certainly getting its exercise [...]
Megan Eno @ November 15, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Ian Barlow and friends figure out the intricacies of rigging to lift the bridge into place. This will be the toughest part of the project.
Megan Eno @ November 15, 2006 # No Comment Yet
The eighty foot suspension bridge came in pre-fab sections that had to be fitted together. From the side, the trusses looked a heck of a lot like a giant playpen.
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 [...]