On June 6th, eight volunteers for Norwich Trails assembled at the Elm Street trailhead of the Heyl Trial at 0830 to build a 50-foot-long bog bridge in a perennially wet section of the trail. The area addressed had seen a number of unsuccessful measures taken, previously, including planks and a drainage culvert. The participants were (in alphabetical order):
- Jim Faughnan (co-organizer)
- Bob Fisken
- Steve Flanders
- Peter Griggs
- Nick Krembs (co-organizer)
- Tom McHenry
- Gerry Plummer
- Jonathan Smolin
Jim Faughnan pre-positioned construction materials for the project.
Stringers 
Entrance to the Heyl Trail 
Footers
While Bob Fisken cleared away fallen trees in the way of the site’s drainage, the rest of the crew carried in, laid out, and assembled the bog bridge.
Spacing the footers 
Placing the footers 
Fastening the footers 
Laying the stringers 
Fastening the stringers 
Attaching the deck 
Spacing the decking
The work took two and one-half hours to complete. It allows people to pass this beautiful scene without getting their feet muddy.
Photos and story by Stephen Flanders, volunteer, Norwich Trails
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