The 7th Brigade Bailey Bridge that was put across the Leopold Canal is still in use today. Quite a remarkable bit of engineering. We drove across it last October while touring the Breskens Pocket.
There are several around Toronto. I heard that Ontario Hydro Power bought up the surplus components after the war. They have been used to replace storm damaged bridges and create several pedestrian crossings over the Gardiner Expressway. The Old Finch Avenue Bridge over the Rouge Rover being the most picturesque.
Ontario Hydro for a time held the world's largest stock of bailey components. A Bailey bridge is currently being used to move busses over the light rail tunnel excavation at Dominion Station here in Ottawa.
Never really clear how the quantities for Bailey bridge components were assessed, prioritised and manufactured, in view of the reactive nature of what was required.
The 7th Brigade Bailey Bridge that was put across the Leopold Canal is still in use today. Quite a remarkable bit of engineering. We drove across it last October while touring the Breskens Pocket.
There are several around Toronto. I heard that Ontario Hydro Power bought up the surplus components after the war. They have been used to replace storm damaged bridges and create several pedestrian crossings over the Gardiner Expressway. The Old Finch Avenue Bridge over the Rouge Rover being the most picturesque.
Ontario Hydro for a time held the world's largest stock of bailey components. A Bailey bridge is currently being used to move busses over the light rail tunnel excavation at Dominion Station here in Ottawa.
Great engineering
Simple yet effective
You can add Dodge/GMC/Studebaker trucks that moved those bridges along with the men and materiel everywhere to prosecute the war
Never really clear how the quantities for Bailey bridge components were assessed, prioritised and manufactured, in view of the reactive nature of what was required.