Crescent Moon Plank Bridge

With your own private wooden bridge, you can enjoy your stream, pond, or garden pathway from a gorgeous new perspective. Elegant, 36" wide bridge brings beauty and charm to any outdoor setting and creates a stunning finishing touch. Available in five lengths: four, six, eight, ten, and twelve feet. Kits are pre-drilled with zinc-plated hardware for simple assembly. Naturally weather resistant red cedar wood will last for decades under normal use.

Includes: 2" x 10" support beams, screws, 1" x 6' decking, planed and sanded.

Please click on "More Information" for assembly overview and instructions.

Tools Needed For Red Cedar Bridges:

• Hammer for light tapping
• Drill (Bridge kit supplied with a # 2 drive bit for the square head screws)

Estimated assembly time: 20-25 minutes.

Assembly Instructions

STEP 1
Attaching the 2 x 10 Support Beams with the 2 x 10 Extension Boards (8' and longer bridges only)

Note: SKIP Step 1 for 4' and 6' long bridges which have one piece beams - there is no need to splice them together as they do not have "extension boards (wooden gussets)." The one-piece beams have boards already attached to the inside of each beam that are used as a ledger board for attaching cross braces.

Using the 3" Long Hex Head Bolts, join two beam sections together using extension boards. Be sure that the tops of the beams and the top of the extension boards are aligned and that the beams are butted together tightly. Extension boards are placed on the inside of the beams. Insert Bolts from the outside and tighten with 1/4" nut from the inside. Stand both beams up on end, with the extension boards toward the inside of the bridge (facing each other).

STEP 2
Cross Braces
Place the two 2 x 4 cross braces, so they are against the extension boards (or ledger boards) and tight against the beams. This is important as it prevents beams from bowing. To check proper installation, place a decking board across two beams above cross braces and make sure that the board is flush with the outside of both beams (do not attach this board). Using two 3" screws on each end of the cross braces, attach them to the ends of the extension boards. Do not screw into the beams. Be sure to position the cross braces so that they do not extend above the top of the beams.

STEP 3
Bridge Decking
The 1 x 6 decking is precut and have predrilled pilot holes. The end boards will be flush with the ends of the beams. Start from one end and work toward the other, making sure that the ends of each deck board is flush with the outside of the beams. You may have to adjust the beams slightly as you go by pushing in or pulling out. This will ensure the bridge is square and that the beams are parallel. Lay the first board ("X mark" on boards facing down). Screw down first board and lay second board tight against the first and screw it down. DO NOT leave space between boards. Place remaining boards on bridge in the same manner. After you reach the mid-point of the bridge, lay all boards on bridge, but do not attach. This is to ensure that the last board will be flush with the beam ends. Continue to the end. You are now finished.