Bridge across Nerepis River Westfield 1875

Crib trestle bridge of the Columbia and Nehalem Valley Railroad at the McBride Creek

Crib bridges were made from horizontally placed logs. The logs were laid first lengthwise, and then crosswise, in several layers. This consumed more trees than building

trestle bridge A trestle bridge is a bridge composed of a number of short spans supported by closely spaced frames. A trestle (sometimes tressel) is a rigid frame used as a support, historically a tripod used to support a stool or a pair of isosceles triangl ...

s, but they were easier to build without cranes or rams. Less common are crib bridges made from stone, such as the Bailey Island Bridge.

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