Bailey bridge

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, Canadian and American military engineering units.
Wikipedia
Ziko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Bridge
  • …is also known as “Bailey truss”
  • Description: type of portable truss bridge

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Halle railway station and Tunnel van Halle.
Yosephus, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a railway station in , , Belgium. is situated 210 metres northeast of Bailey bridge.
Yosephus, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Alifono, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a guest house, which is situated 160 metres south of Bailey bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sint-Rochus and Buizingen.
Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
is a neighborhood.
is a village in the municipality of .
David Edgar, CC BY 2.5.
is a village with a population of 7,256 in the municipality of , .

Bailey bridge

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
50.73247° or 50° 43′ 57″ north
Longitude
4.23824° or 4° 14′ 18″ east
Open location code
9F26P6JQ+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 965737342
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Wiki­data ID
Q803818

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Bailey bridge” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Baileybrug”
  • Bhojpuri: “बैली ब्रिज”
  • Catalan: “Pont Bailey”
  • Central Kurdish: “پردی بەیلی”
  • Chinese: “倍力橋”
  • Chinese: “贝雷式桥”
  • Chinese: “贝雷架”
  • Croatian: “Baileyev most”
  • Czech: “Bailey bridge”
  • Czech: “Baileyův most”
  • Czech: “most Bailey”
  • Czech: “most konstrukce Bailey”
  • Czech: “Most konstrukce Bailey”
  • Danish: “Bailey bro”
  • Danish: “Bailey-bro”
  • Danish: “Baileybro”
  • Dutch: “baileybrug”
  • Dutch: “Baileybrug”
  • Esperanto: “Ponto Bailey”
  • French: “pont Bailey”
  • French: “Pont Bailey”
  • German: “Bailey-Brücke”
  • German: “Baileybrücke”
  • Greek: “γέφυρα Bailey”
  • Greek: “γέφυρα Μπέιλι”
  • Greek: “Γέφυρα Μπέιλι”
  • Greek: “γέφυρα Μπέλεϋ”
  • Hebrew: “גשר ביילי”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan Bailey”
  • Irish: “Droichead Bailey”
  • Italian: “Ponte Bailey”
  • Japanese: “ベイリーブリッジ”
  • Japanese: “ベイリー橋”
  • Khmer: “ស្ពានបៃ៉លី”
  • Korean: “베일리교”
  • Malay: “Jambatan Bailey”
  • Malayalam: “ബെയ്‌ലി പാലം”
  • Manx: “Droghad Bailey”
  • Maori: “arawhiti rangitahi”
  • Nepali: “बेलि ब्रिज”
  • Nepali: “बेली ब्रिज”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pònt Bailey”
  • Polish: “Most Bailey’a”
  • Polish: “Most Baileya”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte Bailey”
  • Russian: “механизированный мост”
  • Russian: “Механизированный мост”
  • Slovenian: “Baileyjev most”
  • Spanish: “Puente Bailey”
  • Swedish: “Bailey bridge”
  • Swedish: “BB2”
  • Turkish: “seyyar köprü”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Bailey bridge”.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include De Bospoort and Stationsplein.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Leidepark and Deceulener Interieur.

Flemish Brabant: Highlights

Learn more about Leuven and Kraainem.

Curious Bridges to Discover

Uncover intriguing bridges from every corner of the globe.