Here is more of the story on the local infrastructure supporting the snow machine trail that winds it way past our property and around the beaver bog.

The most significant structure, bridge Alpha, shown before, traverses the bog stream at an intersection that was formerly the site of a bridge for the old Sabattus-Gardiner railway line (1920s); this is across our road in direction of the lake.

Bridge Bravo [originally I reported it as “Baker” but, after checking my US Navy guide to the phonetic-alphabet references, have corrected it] crosses the stream on the same side of the road as us. The first two images here are two fresh views. While Alpha has withstood a number of floods, BRAVO almost completely floated away during the first major flood after construction. They installed heavy steel cable secured to a large tree trunk to prevent this from happening again. Now, the railings and decking are deteriorating.

You have seen bridge Charlie many times on this show. It crosses the stream at the point it leaves the beaver bog proper. This image is a different angle and shows not only the bridge’s condition but the parts of the structure that have floated away in the background  (I also suspect my neighbor may have assisted the breakdown of the ramps and railings to deter ATV machiniacs).