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FM 5-277 Bailey Bridge

FM 5-277

Bailey Bridge

Army · FM · May 1986 · 378 pages

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FM 5-277 CHAPTER 1 H I S T O R Y A N D U S E O F T H E B R I D G E This change supersedes page 2. At the outset of World War II, the United States (US) Army sought a versatile bridge that could span a variety of gaps and be quickly assembled by manpower alone. For this reason, we adopted the design for the British prefabricated Bailey bridge, US nomenclature Ml. We revised the design to provide a greater roadway width of 12% feet and designated it the Panel Bridge, Bailey M2 (Figure l-l). The British then modified the US version by widening the bridge again, thus producing the extra-wide Bailey M3 bridge. The US Army does not stock the M3 bridge in its arsenal. The Bailey bridge is a through-type truss bridge, the roadway being carried between two main girders. The trusses in each girder are formed by 10-foot panels pinned end to end.

DesignationFM 5-277

EditionMay 1986

StatusSuperseded

Pages378

FunctionEngineering

CollectionRecent Archive

References 6

FM 6-277Not in the Vault
TM 5-277Not in the Vault
TM 38-230-1Not in the Vault
FM 5277Not in the Vault