Located in a rural community near Tomah Wisconsin, this pedestrian suspension bridge was built over 100 years ago to give access across a waterway to remote cabins. It consists of two concrete pads on either side of the water, 4 stone pillars, and cables held by buried anchor blocks.

A tree fell on the cable that spans the red pillars. The cable pulled on the pillars and cracked the base of the NW pillar. 

Pillar will rock back and forth when pushing on the cables, and is no longer connected to the base and could topple over if pushed. It has been stabilized with bridging to the opposite pillar

The span cables need to be removed for the repair, and the process of removing the cable tension is a delicate process that could damage the other pillars if not done correctly. This requires understanding of cable tension and pillar forces and how to correctly perform the procedure.

1. Disconnect cables, remove cracked pillar, repair base – 3 days

2. Build frame for new pillar, poor new cement pillar – 3 days

3. Cement cures – 5 weeks

4. Reconnect cables, adjust and balance tension – 2 days

We successfully removed the cracked pillar, installed anchors to base, then poured in place a new concrete pillar. We improved the pillar design to allow for better cable movement. Pillar looks identical to it's initial design concept. Repaired wood walkway section as well.