Shine Company 4980N 4 Ft. Cedar Wood Garden Bridge with Side Rails, Natural

It didn’t take too long to put this bridge together and it now sits across our dry creek bed in our perennial garden. Looks pretty darn cute!

Easy to build. Ready to stain (we stained ours). Much sturdier than we thought it would be.

My landscaper put the bridge together for me. Said he reinforced a few areas. I may have inaccurately measured, so he also set up blocks to support it sitting on my dry river bed. It looks beautiful post staining it. Sturdy to walk on.

The bridge is beautiful and I stained it and put together. It took time but looks terrific!

Great little bridge. Covered a trip hazard on a walkway that is not very wide. Assembly required; took a while. Sturdy and functional.

I needed a functional footbridge for my dry creek bed but also wanted something attractive. I looked at options ranging up to $1,000 but gambled that I could reinforce this one to make it just as strong as more expensive ones. The gamble paid off and I am very satisfied. The box arrived in good shape with no broken pieces. All parts were present. A few have small cracks but with proper sealing and regular maintenance (like a wood deck) as well as the reinforcing I did I don’t think they will open with time. The quality of the millwork is excellent for the price. If you read other reviews you will wonder if it is sturdy or somewhat weak. I think the truth is somewhere in between. Mine felt fairly sturdy once fully assembled and I did carefully and lightly walk across it to test. Since I needed mine to be functional and crossed regularly I had already decided to reinforce it. Hopefully you can see in the photos how I did it and there is another reviewer's pics that show a great approach. I braced each footboard on the underside of the bridge with 1” x 2” struts cut from pressure treated lumber. They are pegged in from the sides with wood dowels and also screwed to the footboards from underneath. You can also see I added a baseboard at each end of the bridge using 3/4” x 6” pressure treated lumber. Before assembly I stained and sealed every part with Olympic brand Elite Stain Sealant - Cedar Mountain color. All-in it was probably another $100.00 of extra supplies and with the effort I’m confident this garden bridge will hold up to regular crossing of people, lawn more, and weather. Assembly – the instructions are only one page. If you’ve put together a good number of things you should find them fairly easy to follow – but if not take your time and look at other customer photos for better visuals of how it goes together. Without all the extras I did I could have assembled it in 2-3 hours. With all the extras I spent about 12 hours. Last - the lights are NOT included. They also came from Amazon: “Greluna Solar Wall Lights”

Purchased this bridge about 2 years ago from the Manbury Store. I picked this one because it said it was made of cedar and was resistant to moisture, decay and insect damage. I used a semi-transparent stain and it looked great for about a year. Had to restain and it had some damage from water and elements. Another year went by and by the second year, the wood slats for the bridge, almost half were rotted from the elements. I have a cedar wood mailbox and cedar wood fence, these are all over 10 years old and dont have any rot issues like this bridge has. It is used as a decorative bridge, but is supposed to be able to bear weight. Did not realize it as so rotted, that when i stepped on it, 3 of the slats colapsed and my foot went thru.

This little garden bridge has been outside in the elements and carried the weight of almost daily use for over 2 1/2 years. I just noticed a small crack in the underneath support a few months ago, but it hasn't affected anything so far. The only maintenance was tightening the screws a couple of times. We have not been kind to this bridge and it has withstood wagons, dogs, kids, running on and over. Would definitely purchase again.