Flemish Brabant
Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde
Halle

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.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Halle railway station and Tunnel van Halle.

Railway station
Photo: Yosephus, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a railway station in , , Belgium. The station opened on 18 May 1840 and is located on the HSL 1, as well as railway lines 26, 94, and 96. is situated 230 metres northeast of Bailey bridge.

Tunnel
Photo: Yosephus, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Guest house
Photo: Alifono, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a guest house, which is situated 150 metres south of Bailey bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buizingen and Lembeek.

Village
is a village in the municipality of . It is around 15 km southwest of the centre of . On 15 February 2010, 19 people died and 171 were injured in a train collision in .

Village
Photo: David Edgar, CC BY 2.5.
is a village with a population of 7,256 in the municipality of , .

Village
Photo: Kris.buelens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 3 km northeast of Bailey bridge.

Bailey bridge

Latitude
50.73232° or 50° 43′ 56″ north
Longitude
4.23809° or 4° 14′ 17″ east
Open location code
9F26P6JQ+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 965737342
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Wiki­data ID
Q803818
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Satellite Map

Discover Bailey bridge from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Bailey bridge” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Baileybrug”
  • Bhojpuri: “बैली ब्रिज”
  • Catalan: “Pont Bailey”
  • Chinese: “倍力橋”
  • Chinese: “贝雷式桥”
  • 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”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pònt Bailey”
  • Polish: “Most Bailey’a”
  • Polish: “Most Baileya”
  • Russian: “механизированный мост”
  • Russian: “Механизированный мост”
  • Spanish: “Puente Bailey”
  • Swedish: “Bailey bridge”
  • Swedish: “BB2”
  • Turkish: “seyyar köprü”
  • “बैली ब्रिज”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bospoortbrug and Bibliotheek Halle.

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