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Originally Posted by Golf1echo
Somewhere I still have the field manuals on bridging but here are a few excerpts from the web:
Bailey bridges continue to be used extensively in civil engineering construction projects and to provide temporary crossings for pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
The Bailey M2 Military bridge is still in use today by the U.S. military and is also being sold to State DOT's for use as temporary structures during rehabilitation, construction, or an emergency. Figure 2.6 below depicts a Bailey Bridge being field assembled by U.S. military forces.
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This bridge looks like a Double - Double. My beginning army time was a medic with an engineer battalion. I spent enough time Heaving that I got a 12C secondary.
Bridge looks too low with no decent footings. (Or no plan if the water got that high.)
Bridged many a gap with that damn thing.