i have a friend who built a bridge across a small creek/spillway to his property. he actually found a building being torn down, and got these huge "I" beams for free. a few of them did the trick. It doesn't, however, have that..."rackety, rack, rack ,rack rack," sound that a good ol' wooden bridge makes! great pics. thanks gator. make sure you get something on that area soon to prevent erosion; i'm sure you've planned for that already.

gator, also, out of curiosity, how is the pond holding water? from the look of the pics, the soil appears sandy. just curious.

mark