The bridge over the Encampment River was the first project on our fall trip this year. We helped rebuild the crib on the far side of the river as well as doing some repair and improvement on the bridge.

Snack time. The crew takes a rest and enjoys some of the home-made cookies brought to the site by Gail M.

The finishing touches are put on the bridge. The new crib is visible at the bottom center. Work is continuing on the boardwalk at the far side and the railings on the bridge itself.

Most of the work is done and the crew pauses for a group shot. Notice the straight, strong railings of the bridge in the foreground!

Han T., Superior Hiking Trail Engineer does the final inspection of the completed bridge. Han had been woking on this project with friends and volunteers for over a week when we arrived to help him finish.

The finished bridge with the stairway access that was done before we arrived.

Gail M., Volunteer Coordinator for the SHTA looks on as the work progresses. Gail took a lot of pictures of the work for the SHTA.

A week after our trip, significant rainfall caused the Encampment River to flood.

These pictures show our work holding up quite nicely under the torrent.

The second day of our fall trip involved a hike into the Dyers Creek site from last year just to check the bridge and to do maintenance as required.

Working on the bridge.

We checked and tightened all of the bolts and did a general inspection of the bridge to see how it was holding up after a single summer of use.

The bridge passed the inspection!

Saturday, 10/23, we hiked 3 miles into the Durfee Creek bridge. This is the one we will be repairing this school year. It is structurally similar to the one we built at Dyers Creek last year.

This view best shows the reason the Durfee Creek bridge needs attention.

A view of the underside of the bridge. The lack of cross-members is the main reason for the bowing of the bridge.

Another view showing the bowing of the bridge.

Inspecting the bridge and discussing what we might do.