Bailey bridge

  • design by Bailey

    TITLE: Sir Donald Coleman Bailey
  • military engineering

    TITLE: military bridge
    ...riverbanks are steep or navigation must be kept open, are made up in panels readily bolted together. Military truss bridges were pioneered in World War II by the highly successful British-invented Bailey bridge, which played an especially important role in the Allied campaign in Italy. Also during World War II, the scissors assault bridge was introduced; a folding bridge, consisting of a pair...