# Anybody ever built a bridge across a river?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/anybody-ever-built-a-bridge-across-a-river/23176>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [April 7, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/anybody-ever-built-a-bridge-across-a-river/23176 "2020-04-07T20:17:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![MarkJerue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@MarkJerue](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MarkJerue)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/anybody-ever-built-a-bridge-across-a-river/23176/1 "2020-04-07T20:17:34Z")

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I wonder how many logs & how much steel it’d take to build a bridge across a 1-tile river? Assuming you build the shortest bridge possible… I’m pondering saving my character time long-term by building a bridge across the river instead of having to drive across the map each time my character considers venturing around. But it seems like it might be… ahem, dangerous.

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**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/anybody-ever-built-a-bridge-across-a-river/23176/2 "2020-04-07T22:49:32Z")

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I’ve never attempted to make a bridge across even the shortest river. By my estimation. It’s far more expedient to build a raft and just ferry yourself across.

Every shallow tile is going to cost you [40 minutes, six planks, and 12 nails](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/construction/view/7357) while every deep tile is going to cost you one wooden beam, 12 spikes, 28 nails, 4 logs, and 14 planks in a three step process that takes about 14.5 hours per tile.

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**Author:** ![Ragno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ragno/32/5935_2.png) [@Ragno](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ragno)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/anybody-ever-built-a-bridge-across-a-river/23176/3 "2020-04-08T01:03:07Z")

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if you are thinking about bridges just to cross the rivers with your deathmobile base, is better to make an hybrid one from scratch

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**Author:** ![Gilliph](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/gilliph/32/10493_2.png) [@Gilliph](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gilliph)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/anybody-ever-built-a-bridge-across-a-river/23176/4 "2020-04-08T03:19:27Z")

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What’s the largest weight you’ve ever achived in when it came to creating a hybrid death mobile?

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**Author:** ![Mantar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mantar/32/42_2.png) [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/anybody-ever-built-a-bridge-across-a-river/23176/5 "2020-04-08T17:36:05Z")

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I must say having a bunch of NPCs to act as a construction crew makes building structures way more feasible. Which is probably why construction companies aren’t just one guy with a gasmask and a lot of pockets. 😁

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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/anybody-ever-built-a-bridge-across-a-river/23176/6 "2020-04-08T18:39:26Z")

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> [@Mantar](#):
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> Which is probably why construction companies aren’t just one guy with a gasmask and a lot of pockets.

Ooh… that’s what went wrong with my construction company…

On the other hand, I should have already known, since I’ve seen some at work…  
 ![typical construction crew](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qp5Wo9G14bY/URrjl62OZeI/AAAAAAAAFa8/yKGWzIzcYNw/s1600/Herbert.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Ragno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ragno/32/5935_2.png) [@Ragno](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ragno)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/anybody-ever-built-a-bridge-across-a-river/23176/7 "2020-04-09T00:50:09Z")

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i havent dabbled in the hybrid death mobiles, since i prefer to burn my way through forest, as any self respecting pyro would.

i think i saw one image of a 4x7 or something hybrid, made from iron, again, it was a post of just the image, not from the vehicle construction UI, so i dont know which kind of hulls and how many used, but i bet he didnt use any heavy duty frames xD

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**Author:** ![MarkJerue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@MarkJerue](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MarkJerue)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/anybody-ever-built-a-bridge-across-a-river/23176/8 "2020-04-11T20:32:05Z")

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Pardon my ignorance, but what on Earth is a “hybrid” deathmobile? Can my deathmobile FLOAT?!

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**Author:** ![Ragno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ragno/32/5935_2.png) [@Ragno](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ragno)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/anybody-ever-built-a-bridge-across-a-river/23176/9 "2020-04-11T21:49:19Z")

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with enough hulls yeah, thats how you make an hybrid car. although again, most of the images i have seen they are kind of “lightweight”. but you dont need to have a difficult time with crossing rivers or bridges in general.