The Bridge

It had a coral snake under it. No kidding.

But that is beside the point. How exactly does one build something out of nothing? You have a bank on one side, and bank on the other, and nothing to span the space.



First, you always start with a structure base with rebar and tin and plywood. This either looks worse than it is, or is harder than it looks. You decide.

This gives the concrete some place to stick and harden.

Did you know? Jack used to own his own concrete truck. The whole town (all 77 people) could hear him blasting the horn as he drove through.

But back to the concrete. So you have to put down concrete for the base of the structure. You put rebar inside the concrete, so if it cracks the concrete will stay in place.

You lay rock, you pour concrete, you lay more rock, you pour more concrete.

When it all drys, the rebar and plywood is ripped out, and hopefully everything else is still standing.

This time, at least, it worked.