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# Seattle Bridge Builders LLC

Build. Span. Connect.

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- [Q: What We've Been Up To?](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/2013/02/01/q-what-weve-been-up-to/) - A: Pushing proposals, hammering out work, yeoman web design, and eating teriyaki. You can see some of these activities at www.walz.phanfare.com , some of it at www.facebook.com/pages/Seattle-Bridge-LLC/248656141872871.

## Pages

- [Seattle Bridge Builders LLC](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/) - Seattle Bridge Builders LLC * Suspension Bridge Design & Build
- [Camp Muir High Climber's Camp](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/special-projects/camp-muir-high-climbers-camp-2/) - In 2002, as part of a multi-disciplinary design team engaged in Master Planning for NPS, Sahale performed a structural investigation and assessment of historic and other structures and advised on probable construction methods to be used for building rehabilitation at Camp Muir, the high climber’s camp at Mt. Rainier National Park. Later, during the period
- [Caterpillar Distribution Center Posts & Cables](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/special-projects/caterpillar-storage-lot-posts-cables/) - Caterpillar Inc.--the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives--and its contractor ASG Services reached out to Seattle Bridge LLC in early 2013 asking for help rethinking the post and cable arrays at their distribution center in Spokane, Washington. These installations support signage that
- [Islandwood Canopy Tower](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/special-projects/islandwood-canopy-tower/) - Between 2002 and 2009, Sahale was responsible for design and execution of an extensive interpretive trail system, numerous trail amenities, design and installation of a 190' Suspension Bridge, and erection of a 125' tall forest Canopy Tower at the 255-acre IslandWood Environmental Learning Center on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Sahale's work at IslandWood contributed to the site winning
- [Services](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/services/) - Seattle Bridge has a unique background in the design, fabrication, and installation of suspension bridges and other structures that involve remote-area installation, rigging acumen, or both. In addition to helping to scope and build suspension and cable-stay bridges, we perform the following tasks: Bridge Inspections: Over time, all bridge structures experience wear, tear, and damage, whether
- [Special Projects](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/special-projects/) - Remote area bridge design and construction is our passion, but the same skills have been well-suited to other projects through the years. While at Sahale, and now Seattle Bridge, we have designed and built trails and amenities (retaining walls, crib steps, benches, signs, and railings), performed historic restoration projects, and used our rigging background in signage installations.
- [Cable Bridges](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/bridges-2/) - Seattle Bridge specializes in the design, engineering, and construction of cable bridges in remote areas. We have built suspension bridges, cable-stay bridges, and suspended bridges for all manner of clients, in all manner of locations, serving vehicles, horses, and hikers. Our bridges are not only beautiful, they are economical. Cable bridges eliminate the need for
- [Map of Project Locations](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/project-map/) - Partial inventory of Seattle Bridge and later-era Sahale projects.
- [Contact Us](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/contact-us/) - We've built bridges for a living, and we'd love to help you with yours. If you're coming to grips with a bridge project, or another non-standard structure that drew you to Seattle Bridge, you probably have a lot of questions. We can already tell you what we'll ask: What is your vision? Have you been
- [Bellevue Botanical Garden Suspension Bridge](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/bridges-2/bellevue-botanical-garden-suspension-bridge-2/) - Bridge Specs: Tower Height = 22': Span = 152': Travel Width =5’: Deck = Pultruded Fiberglass: Mainline = 1-1/4” galvanized structural strand: Suspender Size = 1/2” wire rope: Anchors = Concrete dead man Services Performed: Design, Engineering (partial), Fabrication, Installation. Location: 47.606545, -122.176972 View Bellevue Botanical Garden Suspension Bridge Image Gallery. The City of Bellevue's Parks and Recreation Department reached out
- [Bellevue Botanical Garden Image Gallery](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/bridges-2/bellevue-botanical-garden-suspension-bridge-2/bellevue-botanical-garden-image-gallery/) - Our Services. Steve Howell welding gussets inside the WT10x60 tower legs. Bellevue saddles milled from a single block of A588 weathering steel. Bellevue suspender bars fabricated and ready to ship. “Howell Hoops,” hand/kickrail loops integral to the 1/2″ suspender bar. Built-up I-beam section, used as upper crossbeam for the Bellevue bridge towers. Bridge towers were
- [Rock Springs Image Gallery](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/bridges-2/rock-springs-suspension-bridge-2/rock-springs-image-gallery/) - Breaking ground on abutments at Rock Springs Park. Austin Thompson installs a helical pile using a small excavator and our torque motor. Austin Thompson and Steve Howell break out the hand tools to clean up one abutment excavation. Steve Howell examines the “Plan B” anchor excavation, necessitated by soil refusal of helical piles due to
- [Needleton Image Gallery](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/bridges-2/needleton-suspension-bridge/needleton-image-gallery/) - Bridge strand seized prior to cutting and setting sockets. 1-1/4″ A586 Bridge Strand broomed in preparation for socketing. Mainlines are terminated at the anchor rod with galvanized HSI sockets and rods (above) and a 3″ thick “socket block” of weathering steel (below). Floorbeams are hung and the circuit of angle steel stringers is installed between
- [Needleton Suspension Bridge](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/bridges-2/needleton-suspension-bridge/) - Bridge Specs: Tower Height = 20': Span = 105': Travel Width =5’: Deck = Timber: Mainline = 1-1/4” galvanized structural strand: Suspender Size = 1/2” wire rope: Anchors = Mechanical rock anchors drilled to 12’ (west); Concrete dead man (east) Services Performed: Design/Engineering, Fabrication, Demo, Installation. The Needleton Suspension Bridge is located in the San Juan National Forest next to the
- [Thoreau Suspension Bridge Image Gallery](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/bridges-2/henry-david-thoreau-suspension-bridge/thoreau-suspension-bridge-image-gallery/) - Shepaug River. The tower is set; skylines being deployed. Rigging setup on the hillside; safety and support lines locked off to nature’s own anchor. Austin moving floor beams into position. Tower-side landing is set; beginning to cast floor beams. The shape of the bridge begins to appear. Out of the chaos, order. Casting and pinning
- [Henry David Thoreau Suspension Bridge](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/bridges-2/henry-david-thoreau-suspension-bridge/) - Bridge Specs: Span = 134' (165' with approaches): Travel Width = 5' 6': Deck = Glulam Beam: Mainlines = 1-1/4" dia.: Anchors = Helical Pile 150 KSI Anchors. Services: Design/Engineering Review, Installation. Location: 41.656819, -73.316297 View Thoreau Suspension Bridge Image Gallery The forests and streams of the Shepaug River Valley in the Berkshire Mountains of western Connecticut
- [Dry River Image Gallery](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/bridges-2/dry-river-suspension-bridge-2/dry-river-image-gallery/) - The compromised state of the timber towers and superstructure of the original Dry River Suspension Bridge resulted in closure in 2007. JBI Helicopter Services performed delivery and removal of bridge material from a staging area near Highway 302. All helicopter operations were completed in one day. Seattle Bridge staged 21 lifts for delivery to the
- [Angkula Seo Image Gallery](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/bridges-2/angkula-seo-suspender-bridge-nevada-city-california/angula-seo-images/) - Rigging Preparation. Anchor Rods; placed and prepped for bridge installation. Abutment with end post base plates being set. Martin Walz III pulling mainlines. Angula Seo Suspender Bridge, viewed from Deer Creek. Suspender to Floorbeam Connection. Mainline and suspender bar detail. A325 Type 3 Fasteners; connection detail at floor beam. Angkula Seo Bridge, viewed from below. Nevada City Suspension Bridge
- [Dry River Suspension Bridge](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/bridges-2/dry-river-suspension-bridge-2/) - Bridge Specs: Tower Height = 11’: Span = 110’: Travel Width =5’: Deck = Timber: Mainline = (reused) 1 1/8” galvanized structural strand: Suspender Size = 3/8” wire rope Services Performed: Design/Engineering, Fabrication, Demo, Installation. The White Mountain National Forest approached Sahale LLC in 2007 regarding replacement of a damaged suspension bridge one mile from the trailhead at Crawford Notch Dry River Suspension Bridge
- [Duwamish Riverbend Hill Park](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/special-projects/duwamish-riverbend-hill-park/) - Sahale led restoration of the Duwamish Riverbend Hill Park in Tukwila, Washington between 2009 and 2010. Sahale was engaged by the Cascade Land Conservancy to construct a neighborhood park on a stone outcrop that overlooks the Duwamish River. The outcrop is a landmark feature of the lower Duwamish, a striking feature central to Salish Indian
- [Who We Are](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/who-we-are/) - Martin Walz III (Principal): Mr. Walz has been the lead installer and project manager on bridge projects around the United States, from Georgia to Washington state. His background in construction and project management, mechanical aptitude, and intuitive understanding of bridge installation made him a critical member of the Sahale bridge building team after he commenced work
- [Rock Springs Suspension Bridge](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/bridges-2/rock-springs-suspension-bridge-2/) - Bridge Specs: Tower Height = 18': Span = 100’: Travel Width =5’: Deck = Pultruded Fiberglass: Mainline = 1” galvanized bridge rope: Suspender Size = 7/16” IWRC Services Performed: Design/Engineering, Fabrication, Installation. Sahale’s Rock Springs Park Suspension Bridge is located in Gwinnett County Georgia near the County Seat of Lawrenceville. Gwinnett County is a crossroads of sorts and has an interesting and colorful history to which the new
- [GCRL Cedar Point Suspension Bridge (2017)](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/bridges-2/gcrl-cedar-point-suspension-bridge/) - Bridge Specs: Span = 202' (236' with approaches): Travel Width = 4' 6": Deck = I-4015 Pultruded Fiberglass: Mainlines = 1-3/8" dia. A586 Structural Strand: Anchors = Concrete Deadmen fixed with helical piles. Services: Design/Engineering, Fabrication, Installation. Location: 30.391250, -88.776583 View Gulf Coast Research Laborary Cedar Point Suspension Bridge Image Gallery On August 29, 2005,
- [Angkula Seo Suspender Bridge](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/bridges-2/angkula-seo-suspender-bridge-nevada-city-california/) - Bridge Specs: Span = 148': Travel Width = 3': Deck = Pultruded Fiberglass Decking: Mainlines = 1" dia.: Anchors = Grouted DWYIDAG 150 KSI Anchors. Services: Design/Engineering, Fabrication, Installation. Location: 39.260334, -121.033388 The Sierra Fund has spent years driving construction of a memorial trail along Deer Creek in Nevada City, California. The Immigrant Tribute Trail is
- [Cedar Point Image Gallery](https://www.seattlebridgebuilders.com/suspension-bridge-design-and-build/bridges-2/gcrl-cedar-point-suspension-bridge/cedar-point-image-gallery/) - Marty and Austin assess the site in preparation for installation. Austin operating the thinking-man’s end of the surveying operation. Austin lifts first tower leg into place using a Cat Telehandler. First tower leg set. Steve and Marty prepping to receive tower horizontals. Tower is raised and the top horizontal is in; Ken and Marty are

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