Rancho Murieta pedestrian bridge
Google Earth image of private pedestrian bridge
Photo submitted by Craig Philpott
BH Photo #200219
I agree with Royce, the design description was taken right from the magazine article, which was obviously written by someone without a knowledge of truss types. This is a 3-span continuous Warren truss; the outer spans have horizontal upper chords and the center span has a curved one. This is certainly not a bowstring truss, mainly because the curved upper chord does not connect to the lower chord at the piers. Also, the Warren configuration does not fit with the bowstring definition. In my opinion, it's much nicer looking than your typical MOB, as it's made of laminated wood rather than weathered steel. This community already is joined at the west end by a preserved historic truss bridge.
Is it me? This doesn't look like a bowstring truss to me.
Royce
But this one is made of wood
I would have added it if I could
My previous comment was wrong
This bridge does truly belong
A MOB of such great size
Will make you shield your eyes
Our bodies have such great reflexes
Not everything's bigger in Texas
The confusion about type probably comes from the fact that modern pedestrian bridge companies typically call anything with a curved top chord a "bowstring."