Lynn Woods 2009 Trail Projects

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Lynn Woods Trail Maintenance - 2009

Project Location: Lynn Woods

Project #: LYW20091011

Date: 10.11.2009

On Sunday October 11, the forth and final Lynn Woods trail project for 2009 was completed with great success. This project took the team of 6 volunteers more then 7 hours to complete due to some unforeseen technical difficulties.

This project extended both ends of the famous Meeting House Swamp Bridge to eliminate the soft eroding trail resulting from a decade of heavy use. 20+ feet of additional elevated bridge was added onto either end of the trail and is blending nicely into the existing structure as to appear seamless.

This was a difficult project since one end of the bridge was sitting in water while the other was buried in 12” of mud. Both ends were raised and new footings were installed and extended to more stable ground. In addition, both ends of the bridge are now rock armored to reduce potential transition erosion from the trail surface to the wooden deck.

This was a huge project that, as usual, took three hours longer than estimated. I want to extend my personal thanks to each individual (listed below) who helped complete this project. We also want to give a shout-out to all the trail riders who stopped during their morning rides to help our team move the lumber from the drop point to the work site, saving us a ton of time. I look forward to see everyone again in future trail builds and or maintenance projects.

Simon - Somerville, Carol - Somerville, Jay - Lynn, Nate - Somerville, Tina - Lynn, Frank - Lynn,

Eric - Hampstead