Hmm... wanna buy a bridge?

[Ian F]

I wonder if we could get a fund together to buy one of these to cross over South Middlebush Rd?

http://news.msn.com/offbeat/want-to-buy-a-bridge-pennsylvania-still-has-11-for-sale

...or maybe as a foot/biking bridge from the end of Red trail to the Canal Rd lot?

 

[Mountain Bike Mike]

Rob W and I were there yesterday morning and yes - that would be excellent!

 

[icebiker]

...or maybe as a foot/biking bridge from the end of Red trail to the Canal Rd lot?

Excellent idea!! If JDog can get the approvals from the park, and if FHA will pay to move it there, shouldn't be difficult to get riders to chip in to cover the $500.

Les'see...there are, what, 30,438 riders there on any given Saturday? that'd be roughly $0.02 per.

 

[jShort]

I say crowdsource a bridge

 

[Magic]

Kickstarter!

 

[Ian F]

FWIW, while the next-to-free cost of the bridge is enticing, the required civil engineering and foundation work would still be a substantial cost. Plus, there's the not-so-minor issue of the bridge needing to move again in 40 years or so when the water dept gets around to turning the area into a reservoir.

Still... might be worth investigating... :hmmm:

Personally, I'd rather have a bridge over S.Middlebush than over the creek at Canal Rd.