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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, Canadia
Bailey Bridge on the Route de Cilaos (N5), La Réunion, directly north of Ilet Furcy.
Prototype Bailey bridge at Stanpit Marsh in Dorset
Allied military traffic crosses a Bailey bridge, spanning a damaged section of a masonry arch bridge. At the same time, local workers are rebuilding the original bridge. Italy 1944
The transoms, side-panels and stringers of a Bailey bridge section at the Memorial Pegasus museum in Ranville, Calvados, France, can all be clearly seen
Sir Donald Coleman Bailey, OBE was an English civil engineer who invented the Bailey bridge. Field Marshal Montgomery is recorded as saying that "without the Bailey bridge, we should not have won the
DC Bailey with a model of a section of Bailey bridge
Bailey bridge over the Meurthe River, France.
An Otter Light Reconnaissance Car crossing a Bailey bridge over the Volturno river at Grazzanise, 14–16 October 1943.
Bolifa Bailey Bridge in the Equatorial rainforest near Basankusu, Democratic Republic of Congo