Mar 15, 2023
PROJECT OVERVIEW In the summer of 2022 Areté Structures designed, fabricated, and delivered a forty foot by six-foot long FRP Truss Bridge to the National Park Service in California. The bridge is located on the Backbone Trail in the Upper Zuma Canyon part of the...
Feb 7, 2022
Project Overview In the summer of 2021, the Superior Hiking Trail along with the USFS purchased a fifty-foot Areté FRP truss bridge to replace an older trail bridge with failing abutments. Volunteer crew leaders, friends and even Areté family members came together to...
Jan 12, 2022
Project Overview In the Fall of 2021 Areté Structures supplied (2) FRP Truss bridges to Flowtrack Mountain Bike Trail Builders. Flowtrack constructed and installed both bridges on the Dragon Trail at Hardy Dam in Stanwood Michigan. Flowtrack also constructed 8...
Dec 13, 2021
Project Overview The Michigan Department of Natural Resources needed two prefabricated FRP pedestrian bridges. The new structures would be replacing current bridges that were in poor condition due to severe deterioration of wood and cable material. Both bridges are...
Oct 15, 2021
Project Overview In July 2021 Areté Structures delivered a 65’ x 6’ FRP Truss Bridge Kit to the Town of Hebron CT. The town assembled and installed the bridge on August the 5th 2021 and the bridge is located on the Raymond Brook Preserve Trail. Design...
Sep 16, 2021
Project Overview In July of 2021 Areté Structures supplied a thirty-foot FRP Truss Bridge to the White Mountain Trail Collective in North Conway New Hampshire. The bridge was built by the Recon Trail Design Team and was part of a new 1.4-mile-long interpretive...
Jul 23, 2021
Project Overview In April 2021 The Redding Trail Alliance in partnership with the City of Redding California built a 70 foot by 5 foot Areté Structures FRP Truss bridge with sloped ends. This bridge is slate gray in color and fire retardant. The FRP bridge was a...
Nov 20, 2020
Project Overview Areté Structures supplied a 60’ long by 5’ wide Brown FRP Bridge with sloped end sections to the US Forest Service in the Bridger Teton National Forest in Sublette County Wyoming in the summer of 2020. The bridge was pre-built at the Areté...
Oct 6, 2020
Project Overview Arete Structures supplied (5) custom FRP bridges for the Grandfather Golf and Country Club in Linville NC. The bridges were fabricated at Arete Structures in Blowing Rock North Carolina and then delivered to the Grandfather Golf and Country Club where...
Sep 2, 2020
Project Overview In June of 2020 Arete’ Structure supplied a 50’x6’ FRP Truss Bridge for the Town of Woodside California. The bridge is olive green has timber decking and sloped end sections. This was the 50th bridge supplied by Areté and will be used primarily by...
Jul 16, 2020
Project Overview In the fall of 2019, IMBA Trail Solutions purchased a 48’x4’ Areté Structures truss style bridge. The bridge was installed in Hot Springs Arkansas on a trail in Cedar Glades Park. Design FRP Bridge Design: FRP Trussed Bridge Design Bridge Span 48’ x...
Mar 31, 2020
Project Overview In the fall of 2019 Areté Structures supplied a 30’x6’ prefabricated equestrian bridge to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The DNR reported that the bridge was built on site in January 2020 and the staff enjoyed putting it together....
Feb 27, 2020
Project Overview In the Spring of 2019 Arete Structures designed and supplied a 60’ FRP truss bridge for the Buncombe Horse Trail in the Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests in South Carolina. Design Design Criteria FRP BRIDGE DESIGN FRP Truss Bridge Design...
Aug 13, 2019
Project Overview On June 24, 2019, Black Diamond Trail Design installed a 35-foot Areté Structures FRP trail bridge. Installation of the abutments and approaches required two team members and was completed in eight days. Assembling the bridge took two team members and...
Aug 13, 2019
Project Overview Areté Structures supplied a 35-foot by 6-foot FRP snowmobile bridge for the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Tioga State Forest District 16. The decking for this bridge was Southern Yellow Pine and the color of the bridge...
Aug 13, 2019
Project Overview For this unique project Areté Structures got to work closely with the client to design this FRP underslung truss pedestrian bridge. The project required a two-span FRP bridge to replace the old Bond Creek Bridge in the Red Wood National Park in...
Mar 18, 2019
Project Overview Areté Structures designed, fabricated and supplied eight unique pedestrian bridges for the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department in the fall of 2018. These bridges were dark brown in color with FRP decking; varying in length from 25 feet to 55 feet...
Jan 8, 2019
Project Overview In November of 2017 Areté Structures designed and supplied a fully engineered pre-fabricated clear span FRP bridge kit for the Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department in Colorado. This 30-ft by 6-ft bridge crosses the Lake Ditch located on the...
Jan 3, 2019
Project Overview Areté Structures designed, supplied an delivered a 43-ft x 5-ft FRP bridge for the Waterway Park Home Owners Association in Arlington, Texas. This bridge is olive green in color with FRP non skid decking. Design FRP Bridge Design 43-ft length x 5-ft...
Jan 29, 2018
Project Overview Owner: City of Munising This project consisted of the construction of a mountain bike trail for the Munising Bay Mountain Bike trail system. Arete’ Structures designed and supplied a 36ft x 6ft fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) bridge to help in...
Jan 29, 2018
Project Overview Owner: Camden County Parks Department, Camden County NJ This project included the removal of 5 pedestrian bridges and construction of concrete footing and reinforced concrete abutment walls for each of the new pedestrian bridges. Arete’ Structures...
Sep 7, 2017
PROJECT OVERVIEW FRP Pedestrian Bridge Northeast Georgia Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association (SORBA), in partnership with the City of Gainesville and the Chicopee Woods Area Park Commission, with funding provided by the Federal Highways Administration’s Recreational...
Sep 7, 2017
Project Overview Prefab Timber Pedestrian Bridge Areté Structures recently acquired a 90-foot iconic timber bridge designed by internationally known British bridge designer Richard La Trobe-Bateman. Bateman is known for designing structures using the least number of...
Dec 21, 2016
Project Overview The Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail needed a crossing over the Boone Fork Creek about one mile from the Price Lake Picnic Area. This is where the Mountains to Seas trail splits from the very popular Boone Fork Trail. The location for the bridge...
