Bailey Bridge

Abstract

The engineer Donald Bailey, an officer in the British war ministry invented in the year 1941 a bridge system which was as per his name was named Bailey bridge. This bridge was simply constructed of steel and economized to match with the limited production cost. Till the end of the second world war the Bailey bridge components of a weight of around 0.5 million tons were produced. Donald Bailey was awarded knighthood because of his outstanding invention of this type of economical bridge. This type of bridge is till today constructed in case of emergency and indispensable tool for transportation where needed.