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A pontoon bridge (or ponton bridge), also known as a floating bridge, uses floats or shallow- draft boats to support a continuous deck for pedestrian and vehicle travel. The buoyancy of the supports limits the maximum load that they can carry. Most pontoon bridges are temporary and used in wartime and civil emergencies.
The PMP Floating Bridge (Russian: Понтонно-мостовой парк, ПМП "pontoon / bridge park") is a type of mobile pontoon bridge designed by the Soviet Union after World War II. The bridge's design enables for a quick assembly of its parts. [1] It has a carrying capacity of 60 tons. [1] The bridge was originally mounted on a ...
PP-64 Wstęga. 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 ...
With Ukraine having destroyed the original bridges over the Siversky Donets, the Russian attempt at advancing by crossing the river in Eastern Ukraine in May 2022 required Russia to build a military pontoon bridge. Russia constructed several. One of these pontoons resulted in a concentration of Russian vehicles in a range of Ukrainian artillery.
August 21, 2024 at 2:45 PM. By Tom Balmforth and Yuliia Dysa. KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Wednesday it had destroyed Russian pontoon bridges with U.S.-made weapons to defend its incursion into ...
The Battle of Remagen was an 18-day battle during the Allied invasion of Germany in World War II. It lasted from 7 to 25 March 1945 when American forces unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine intact. They were able to hold it against German opposition and build additional temporary crossings.
August 21, 2024 at 4:53 AM. (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces are using U.S.-manufactured HIMARS rocket systems to destroy pontoon bridges and engineering equipment in Russia's Kursk region, Ukraine's ...
It was used until January 1929, when a toll-free bridge of concrete and steel replaced it at a cost of $600,000. Once considered the longest pontoon bridge in the world at 2,150 feet, its original construction cost $35,000. The original reason for the bridge was the hauling of cotton bales considered vital to the railroad that owned it.