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Floating bridges were not entirely uncommon in medieval Europe. Such structures were known at least since the late 11th century; for example, they were used to connect the banks of the Nogat river. Additionally, in the summer campaign of 1410, a similar bridge was assembled on the Narew river near Pułtusk for the crossing of Lithuanian forces ...
It was the first floating bridge longer than a mile, and at the time was the longest floating structure in the world. It is now the second longest floating bridge in the world. Hood Canal Bridge. Completed 1961. Spans 6,521 feet (1,988 m). Carries State Route 104 across Hood Canal in Washington state. It is the third longest floating bridge in ...
A treadway bridge was a multi-section, prefabricated floating steel bridge supported by pontoons carrying two metal tracks (or "tread ways") forming a roadway. Depending on its weight class, the treadway bridge was supported either by heavy inflatable pneumatic pontons or by aluminum-alloy half-pontons.
The PP-64 Wstęga is a Polish military pontoon bridge produced since 1966. [1] The design, based on the Soviet PMP model, commenced in 1964. The prototype was tested in 1965. [1] Unlike PMP, rated for 60,000 kilogram load, PP-64 was rated for 40,000 kilograms, still sufficient to carry T-54/55 and T-62 main battle tanks of its period. [1]
The Woolston Floating Bridge switched from chains to wire ropes between 1878 and 1887 and was replaced by a bridge in 1977. In the early 1900s, Canadian engineer William Pitt designed an underwater cable ferry in New Brunswick , which would later be installed on the Kennebecasis River in order to connect the Kingston Peninsula to the ...
Planned bridge: 277 m (909 ft) Linked image * East Bridge^^ Toruń: Vistula River: Arch bridge: Steel, 2 Arches: steel: 2013: 270 m (886 ft) Rędziński Bridge: Wrocław: Oder River, Rędzińska Island: Cable-stayed bridge: Concrete, 1 Pylon: concrete: 2011: 256 m (840 ft) Siekierkowski Bridge: Warsaw: Vistula River: Cable-stayed bridge: Steel ...
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The Sigismund Augustus Bridge (Polish: most Zygmunta Augusta) was a timber bridge over the Vistula River in Warsaw which came into operation in 1573 and lasted for 30 years. . It was the first permanent crossing over the Vistula River in Warsaw and the longest wooden crossing in Europe at the time at 500 meters in leng