Municipality of Anchorage Trail Bridges

Over the rivers and through the woods. The Municipality of Anchorage has an award-winning trail system, with over 130 miles of trails spread along the coastline and three river drainages that run through town. As these trails wander through the parks and over the tributary creeks, bridges are a vital link in the trail network. Reid Middleton has provided the structural engineering for 15 of these bridges.

University Lake Pedestrian Bridge

• 75-foot-long steel bridge; pile abutments

Kinkaid Park Access Bridge

• 130-foot-long wood truss; concrete abutments

Chester Creek Bridge

• 75-foot-long steel bridge; pile abutments

Eagleglen Golf Course, Hole #15 Bridge

• 75-foot-long steel bridge; helical pier abutments

Russian Jack Park Ski Hill Bridge

• Three-span, 48-foot-long total, wood bridge, timber abutments

Sitka Street Park Bridge

• Four-span, 173-foot-long total, wood bridge, timber abutments

UAA Commons Bridge Repair

• 32-foot span steel bridge; repaired by reinforcing steel H-framing and replacing walking deck

Coastal Trail Sisson Creek Bridge

• 140-foot-long steel bridge; concrete abutments

Coastal Trail Fish Creek Bridge

• 100-foot-long steel bridge; concrete abutments

Fish Creek Corridor, Four Bridges

• Four bridges, each a replica 35-foot-long steel bridge, with steel pile and ductile steel pile cap
• 20-foot to 75-footlong total, multi-span wood framed approach segments
• Rock gabions used at the river’s edge to protect steel piling and reinforce riverbank

Campbell Creek Bridge Repair

• 70-foot-long wood bridge; temporarily repaired with new ledger connection and steel stirrups

Castle Heights Pedestrian Bridge at College Gate Elementary School

• 30-foot-long wood bridge; concrete abutments

Campbell Creek Bridge Replacement

• Realigned 70-foot-long steel bridge to replace failed bridge; concrete abutments