Train Your Garden

WESL engineers used temporary support posts for the suspended sections during the initial buildout of the elevated mainline. Over the past weekend, the local carpenters union erected a permanent cribbed trestle to replace one of the temporary support posts. Other permanent structures will follow soon.

The above structure is called a cribbed trestle because the bottom portion of the structure is known as a crib. It is a box-like assembly that is backfilled with scale boulders. The WESL crew used black basalt chips for boulders. Then, three trestle “bents” were built atop the crib. These are the 5 post vertical uprights that are tightly grouped at the top and fanned out at the bottom. The bents are then connected laterally to each other and then cross-braced. The entire structure was made from cedar for outdoor longevity.