Custom Bridges and Boardwalks

10/31/2025

It was great working with the Nature Center! We look forward to (hopefully) fixing up that boardwalk next!

A huge thank you to Thomas Ferrella for his support of the Building our Legacy campaign, which enabled us to build a new bridge to Tamarack Island!

Installed by ‘Custom Bridges and Boardwalks’, the new structure is ADA compliant, making it less steep than the previous bridge and ensuring better access for everyone to explore the island. We look forward to the many families who will pause along the railing, scanning the pond for wildlife and enjoying time in nature. 🐢🐸🦆

Photo: Kira Breitlow, Aldo Leopold Nature Center

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10/31/2025

This Summer we installed a new bridge and boardwalk in Mendota County Park in Dane County, WI. The park has been renovated with a new playground and pavilion. We look forward to it opening again this fall.

10/10/2025

This Summer we built a new bridge to the Island at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center in Monona, WI.

10/10/2025

We recently completed this wetland overlook in the Samuel Meyers Wetland area in Racine, WI.

02/11/2025

We are proud to supply the footing pans used all by the to create boardwalks through wetland areas. Our pan footings provide structural support without the need for driving, digging or drilling making it fast and easy to install a boardwalk with minimal environmental impact.

Volunteers on the Ice Age Trail’s Dreamer Route bring history, nature, and communities together—building a legacy for hikers to enjoy for generations.

03/23/2024

Happy to have manufactured the boardwalk kits that the Newport Wilderness Society installed in 2022 and 2023. Nice work!

The wetland area around the Fern Trail at Newport State Park floods seasonally from April to mid-June. When the former ground-level boardwalk was in place, the trail would be submerged in water for most of the spring.

The old boardwalk was removed, and an 1,800-foot elevated boardwalk has been constructed in its place, which is what you see here.

This new boardwalk is situated far enough off of the ground that the trail is now passable year-round. The Fern Trail boardwalk project is a win for Newport’s wilderness ecosystem and dry socks.

Fern Trail starts at Parking Area 3 and connects with the Europe Bay Trail to create a 1.2-mile loop. Visitors will travel through the park’s woodland environment and a wetland fern grotto on the wide, flat trail. With a combination of boardwalk and crushed limestone surface, the trail is accessible to wheelchairs and strollers.

Photo Credit: Newport Wilderness Society

10/23/2023

The Ice Age Trail finished the new section this weekend with help from Custom's Boardwalk Pans.

Hundreds of volunteers and staff have been working tirelessly over the last four days, contributing to nearly three new miles of the trail.

10/19/2023

Custom is proud to be supplying components for the boardwalks and bridges that will be installed this weekend by volunteers with the Ice Age Trail Alliance In Cross Plains.

This is the 6th project just this year that the ice age trail used our boardwalk footings. These easy to install components are environmentally friendly and provide a long term stable boardwalk for the trail.

CROSS PLAINS, Wis. -- Volunteers are clearing the way for a new section of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, which traverses much of Wisconsin.

09/26/2023

These portable bridge and boardwalk footings allow for construction of heavy duty bridges and boardwalks in wetland and remote locations. They are used in snowmobile and hiking trails throughout Wisconsin and the Midwest. The Pans use a large area to bear the loads and translate them into the soil w...