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.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.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
Good evening, yarddog, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
WOW! That looks like a really long bridge.