Piney Bridges

[Rooftree]

While exploring the Pines for the past 12 years, I have discovered many handmade bridges, or remnants of, that takes you across streams, tributaries, canals, and in swamps. In almost all cases, bushwhacking was required to find them. Here's 5 bridges that cross streams that are labeled on NJPB Maps.

The bridge in the first photo may no longer exist. It could have been torn apart by Hurricane Sandy. I'll have to check that one this year. The bridge in the last photo is known to some members. The last time I was there was back in March 2017. I couldn't get across as one end was in the water, if I recall. I don't know if it has been repaired.

 

[Jon Holcombe]

Here is another that i posted from a while back. I attempted to walk it, but for the sake of my gear, turned around.

 

[bobpbx]

Is that last one on the Skit, upstream from the bridge on Carranza Road?

 

[Rooftree]

Is that last one on the Skit, upstream from the bridge on Carranza Road?

Bob, are you talking about my last photo or Jon's. If mine; No. But I was sure you would know my last one, You walking over it many times, unless I got the wrong stream for that bridge..

This first photo below is on the Skit up stream from Carranza Rd. And here's one more. This one is on the Sykes. as one of the first 5 photos.

 

[bobpbx]

Whoops, it was Johns. I was thinking of this one on the skit, downstream from Batona Camp. It just looked similar I suppose. My memory ain't so good anymore except certain things.

 

[bobpbx]

Ron, your last one is over the Webb's Mill Branch by our swamp Pink. Yes?

 

[Rooftree]

Ron, your last one is over the Webb's Mill Branch by our swamp Pink. Yes?

Bob, you are correct.

 

[Teegate]

This one is really hard to get to.

 

[bobpbx]

This one is really hard to get to.

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That looks like the one we did on the Tulpehocken one year. By the way, nobody should ever hammer nails in cedars.

 

[Teegate]

A motorcycle bridge.

 

[stiltzkin]

Similar to the motorcycle "bridge" but this is just for walking. Barely a bridge at all.

 

[Teegate]

I suspect that bridge is also for motorcycles.

 

[ecampbell]

Similar to the motorcycle "bridge" but this is just for walking. Barely a bridge at all.

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I would prefer to step over the tracks.

 

[ecampbell]

This one is really hard to get to.

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Behr's Bridge over the Tupe.

 

[ecampbell]

Here's a recently one updated from a plank. Bamboo railing.

 

[stiltzkin]

I suspect that bridge is also for motorcycles.

Hopefully not. That is inside the FPP on the Red trail which isn't even supposed to be open to bicycles, only foot traffic. I'm not sure how strict those rules are; people probably bring mountain bikes back there anyway. But I definitely didn't see any signs of damage from motorcycles recently.

 

[ecampbell]

Hopefully not. That is inside the FPP on the Red trail which isn't even supposed to be open to bicycles, only foot traffic. I'm not sure how strict those rules are; people probably bring mountain bikes back there anyway. But I definitely didn't see any signs of damage from motorcycles recently.

I saw bicycle tracks on the Red Trail on Sunday.

 

[ecampbell]

How about this one.

 

[stiltzkin]

A couple more from the photo archive.

December 2004

April 2006

 

[Rooftree]

Several years back, while looking over a Topo Map of an area I was planning to explore, I noticed a double dash line road that scaled down to a single dash line path just short of a stream. At that point, you would need knee-high rubber boots to get across. The remnant of the bridge is now underwater. Continuing on the path on the over side for a short distance it disappears into the forest. One needs to go back to a 1951 map to see were that path takes you. I would think that since this path still shows on a current Topo Map that it must had some significant use at one time.