Completion of diagonal installation and decking.

 Installation of cable diagonals and decking. 

Austin installing and adjusting cable diagonals.

Rain? In March?!

Diagonals are installed.

Detail of the suspender bar.

Decking installation.

At the halfway point of deck installation.

Decking installation complete.

Close up of deck compression rail.

Floor beams and stringer installation.

 Installation of the superstructure.

Austin and Ken delivering a pair of stringers.

Installing stringers.

Austin, Marty and Steve taking a break over the ravine.

Waiting for the last few pairs of stringers.

Stringers complete.

Bellevue Botanical Garden Suspension Bridge - Setting mainlines

The towers have been set and the process of setting mainlines and suspender assemblies begins.

Steve atop the west tower preparing to flop the downriver mainline into the saddle.

Mainline as it is guided into the saddle.

Austin using the griphoist to pull the mainline into final position.

Steve and Marty setting a mainline into the saddle.

Mainlines are set.

Skylines and clothes line are set.  Ready to begin installation of suspenders and floor beams.

Austin in the bosun chair, setting suspenders.

Austin setting suspenders.

Ken and Marty prepare floor beams for casting out.