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Which wood would you use?
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Redwood and Cedar are both soft woods. White Oak(NOT RED) is suitable for outdoors as well as Cypress( both are hardwoods). Mahogany is also a wonderful wood for exterior although it is soft as well and rather pricey. <br /> <br />Anything you use should be treated with something. I would look into Solid or semi-transparent stains for treating bridges over polyurethane. The stains wear with the weather as opposed to the pealing that paint and poly's tend to do and ever few years just restain after a good cleaning as opposed to scraping and sanding you need to do before re-painting/poly.
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