A pontoon bridge, also known as a floating bridge, is a bridge that uses floats or shallow-draft boats to support a continuous deck for pedestrian and vehicle travel. The buoyancy of the supports limi
The Bergsøysund Bridge uses concrete pontoons
Mughal emperor Akbar the Great riding the ferocious elephant Hawa'i, pursuing another elephant across a collapsing bridge of boats (left), in Basawan and Chetar Munti's "Akbar's Adventure with the Elephant Hawa’i", dated 1561
Roman legionaries marching across a pontoon bridge, a relief scene from the column of Emperor Trajan (r. 98–117 AD) in Rome, Italy (monochrome, from the photographs by Conrad Cichorius)
Roman Legionaries crossing the Danube River by pontoon bridge, as depicted in relief on the column of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (r. 161–180 AD) in Rome, Italy
The Hood Canal Bridge is a floating bridge in western Washington state, United States. It carries State Route 104 across Hood Canal in Puget Sound and connects the Olympic and Kitsap Peninsulas. At 7,
Pontoon bridge
…elevated or can be raised or removed to allow waterborne traffic to pass. Notable permanent pontoon bridges include the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, Hood Canal Bridge, and the Nordhordland Bridge. Pontoon bridges have been in use since ancient times and have been used to great advantage in many battles throughout…
USS Ohio (SSGN-726) maneuvers through the drawspan to her homeport in Bangor
Seen from the north (Termination Point)
Hood Canal Bridge from Buena Vista Cemetery, Port Gamble, Washington.
Aerial view of the bridge's southeast half, with drawspan section at far left