BAILEY BRIDGE

BAILEY BRIDGE

• Army may build Bailey bridges in Kaziranga to protect rhino’s domain
• The Army may help build Bailey bridges in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve for faster movement of forest guards in strategic, vulnerable pockets of the one-horned rhino domain.
• The Bailey bridges sought would essentially replace wooden structures in flood-prone vulnerable pockets in the park which is a UN World Heritage Site.
• The bridges are expected to shorten the routes to the vulnerable pockets and facilitate better coordination among the forest guards manning the anti-poaching camps.

What is Bailey bridge?

• A Bailey bridge is a type of portable, pre-fabricated, truss bridge.
• It was developed by the British for military use during the Second World War.
• A Bailey bridge has the advantages of requiring no special tools or heavy equipment to assemble.
• The wood and steel bridge elements were small and light enough to be carried in trucks and lifted into place by hand, without the use of a crane.