To: Kathy in Alaska
Caption says it is a Bailey Bridge across the Rhine. I am not sure that it is a Bailey Bridge tho. Either way built by 208th ECB.
18 posted on
03/08/2014 6:05:56 PM PST by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: yarddog
That’s an M2 Steel Treadway Pontoon Bridge. You can see the pontoons floating on the river. It’s an updated version of bridges used in the Civil War.
The Bailey Bridge is a prefabricate truss bridge design to span much shorter gaps than shown here. Bailey bridges do not touch the water.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailey_bridge
To: yarddog
Good evening, yarddog, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
WOW! That looks like a really long bridge.
58 posted on
03/08/2014 9:11:05 PM PST by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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