Arched Garden Footbridge Woodworking Plan

The more you look at this bridge, the more you'll search for a reason to build it.

Bridges are among the most spectacular and admired examples of mankind's desire to build. This span will turn your landscape into an object of admiration, even if you don't have a body of water to cross. Just create a dry-stream setting for your structure by laying down a bed of rounded pebbles as we did.

Steps in this plan include:

1. Build the laminating jig

2. Let's laminate the beams

3. Laminate the rails

4. Drill the rails

5. Mark and cut the beams

6. It's post time

7. Add the bridge's floorboards

8. Make the mounts

9. Build the side assemblies

10. Fit and assemble the handrail

11. Finishing touches