I’m having trouble wrapping my head around this one. It’s in north-central Wyoming, and the trip was 40 miles. He only paid $1100 for the bridge, but I don’t want to think too hard about the costs involved in unbolting a 25’x90′ bridge from its foundation, craning it up onto a truck, and then having the truck escorted for 40 miles.
Yes, Wyoming is kinda rural. That’d make things easier. But still.
And now that he’s in possession of his bridge, he’ll have to set it wherever he needs a bridge. Maybe it won’t need a foundation for cattle traffic and an occasional pickup truck. It **will** need a deck, but maybe he can use treated lumber (but even that would add up to some money), rather than concrete.
Full story:
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/06/04/wyoming-rancher-buys-giant-100-year-old-bridge-hauls-it-40-miles-to-ranch/ and
https://www.agweb.com/news/livestock/beef/new-home-old-bridge-wyoming-ranch
I hope it works out for Rancher Galloway. Sounds like he’s new to ranching. He proposes (and has already won some awards for) operating his ranch with maximum environmental friendliness. Except that’s sort of contradiction, I’d think . . . cattle, and meat in general, is terrible for the environment, they tell us.
Evidently he’s got some deep pockets on him.
