This week Bill salutes one of the important pieces of infrastructure on the back roads
There could be a certain smell from the zinc but there is a definite sound when you cross this bridge. There are many on the back roads of Northern Ontario.
“The primary advantage of the Bailey Bridge concept is that, with an inventory of key components and the assembly manual, bridges can quickly be constructed for a wide variety of spans, design loads and lane widths," Chaisson said. "Structurally, the main bridge components are the truss panels, deck stringers, deck components and several types of pins, braces, base plates and chord reinforcements.
Despite the ease of designing a Bailey bridge, a professional engineer must still certify the design of the bridge abutments, the required load rating of the bridge, and confirmation of the final Bailey bridge configuration and component selection.“For one thing, it might not always represent the most efficient use of materials, depending on the span and use, Chaisson said.
So, says LCol. Ken Holmes, CD , Canadian Military Engineer Historia, Vice President, History and Heritage, Canadian Military Engineers Association. “The Bailey bridge was acknowledged by General Eisenhower as one of the three war-winning inventions during WWII.”“As the war in the Far East progressed, Bailey bridges were constructed in Burma, India, and Nepal by the British, the Americans, and the Australians,” said Holmes.
Bailey bridges continued to be used extensively by military forces after the war until newer equipment was introduced to meet the more demanding needs of modern warfare. Capt. Marshall said, “Referencing the use of these bridges during WWII, British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery said it best: “without the Bailey bridge, we should not have won the war. It was the best thing in that line we ever had.”
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