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I had a bridge on my layout made from the sole plate that you use for framing with metal studs, cheap and dirty and lousy.
Here's an easy way to make better bridge--still cheap and dirty, but not lousy. I got the idea, lock, stock and barrel, from Bob McCown at LCS
Here's the old one:
And here's the new one
It's made from PVC downspout, with styrene angle and T-bar pieces glued to it. It's stiffened with some 2x3 running down the middle.
The bridge piers are made of cast concrete. I'll probably face them with something or do some kind of faux stone treatment
Here's an easy way to make better bridge--still cheap and dirty, but not lousy. I got the idea, lock, stock and barrel, from Bob McCown at LCS
Here's the old one:

And here's the new one

It's made from PVC downspout, with styrene angle and T-bar pieces glued to it. It's stiffened with some 2x3 running down the middle.
The bridge piers are made of cast concrete. I'll probably face them with something or do some kind of faux stone treatment