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A friend of mine is building a rock stream and 26 foot diameter pond in front of her house and she asked me to build her a simple foot bridge, well two foot bridges now. She is in her mid seventies, though you would think her in her mid 50's and her husband is mid 80's and walks with two canes, she wanted something without a curved floor and basically no step in height. She also prefers very rough wood work so I have been a bit limited in my design capabilities on this project.
This is what I have come up with thus far.
I had originally designed this on paper to have vertical boards between the side rails, but once I got the side rails set in, I liked the simple look of just the rails. I am also mounting solar powered yard lights to the tops of the posts, and I thought the more open area might flood the light better. Any thoughts or opinions on that?
I did not a want bunch of lag bolts and junk showing so I made pockets to fit the rails into, I intend to use dowling and glue to attach the rails.
I like the simplicity of the support rails with this and the fact that I wind up with no more than a 2.75 inch step in height which can be reduced by making the gravel on the trail match the floor height.
I have never done doweled joints before, anyone have any advice on that?
This is what I have come up with thus far.

I had originally designed this on paper to have vertical boards between the side rails, but once I got the side rails set in, I liked the simple look of just the rails. I am also mounting solar powered yard lights to the tops of the posts, and I thought the more open area might flood the light better. Any thoughts or opinions on that?

I did not a want bunch of lag bolts and junk showing so I made pockets to fit the rails into, I intend to use dowling and glue to attach the rails.

I like the simplicity of the support rails with this and the fact that I wind up with no more than a 2.75 inch step in height which can be reduced by making the gravel on the trail match the floor height.
I have never done doweled joints before, anyone have any advice on that?