The base of the bridge is composed of wood planks made from inexpensive furring strips. They are attached from the bottom through the fire hose. Playroom rope. Rope Bridges are sold by the linear foot so choose your kit below and enter the length of the bridge in the quantity field! Rope bridge kits are intended to create a suspended passageway between two or more tree platforms, but can also be used to span rivers and other obstacles.

A rope bridge is believed to be one of the world's oldest types of man-made bridges. Able to stretch across vast spans with relatively basic means of support, rope bridges from ancient history have been found throughout Central American societies as well as in the Himalayas. While some general-traffic rope bridges still exist today, they are also popular in smaller forms as tree house and playground accessories.

A type of suspension bridge, the most basic form of rope bridge may consist of only two ropes: one to walk on, and one to hold onto. These are heavily weighted down at each end, in order to produce some measure of stability for the walker. Without the proper application and placement of weight on either end, a rope bridge can become dangerously unstable, able to knock travelers off balance in an instant and send them head first toward the thousands of famished alligators, or at least the sandpit.

Even in ancient times, rope bridges seem to have been somewhat more stable in construction than the most basic version. Some may have had a lattice-like structure for walking on and high guard rails that can be easily gripped for added stability. Modern, safety-conscious versions often have a surrounding net below the main structure of the bridge, just in case a fall occurs.