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A pontoon bridge (or ponton bridge), also known as a floating bridge, uses floats or shallow-draft boats to support a continuous deck for pedestrian and vehicle travel. The buoyancy of the supports limits the maximum load that they can carry. Most pontoon bridges are temporary and used in wartime and civil emergencies.
A Bailey bridge is a type of portable, pre-fabricated, truss bridge. It was developed in 1940–1941 by the British for military use during the Second World War and saw extensive use by British, Canadian and American military engineering units. A Bailey bridge has the advantages of requiring no special tools or heavy equipment to assemble.
The bridge reopened for bicycle and pedestrian traffic on June 1, 2012, with temporary support structures in place. [15] New plates were designed, and the bridge was closed once more between September 23, 2012, and November 19, 2012, to allow them to be retrofitted as permanent repairs.
The $21 million pedestrian bridge that will provide access over Route 18 to the new South Coast rail station should be completed by year's end. ... Construction of temporary support steel ...
A pedestrian bridge being built over the White River comes with a price tag of $11 million but officials said it is worth the investment to link the Monon and Nickel Plate trails, two of the most ...
Significant progress is being made with Santa Clara Community Park in Eugene with the installation of a new pedestrian bridge.
To improve pedestrian flow, a temporary bridge was built at Rector Street; a permanent bridge was built at West Thames Street, one block south, in 2019, after which the Rector Street bridge was demolished. A temporary bridge at Vesey Street opened in November 2003 near the site of its predecessor, and was demolished by 2013 once a pedestrian ...
Nov. 22—FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to have a Madison company build a temporary bridge over Orbeton Stream on Reeds Mill Road in Madrid Township. The steel in the ...