The Secrets You Didn't Know About The Bailey Bridge!

Bailey Bridge is widely used in highway, railway, municipal, construction, water conservancy and other construction projects, bridge construction prefabrication yard hoisting and transporting prefabricated components, and bridge pier transportation and installation of beams and other on-site construction operations.

The Bailey Bridge is generally called the prefabricated steel bridge. In many places, Bailey Bridge and steel bridge are mixed together, and the two words Bailey Bridge and steel bridge are even equated. Many websites even put the steel bridge and the Bailey bridge directly on the title bar. Are they the same thing? Strictly speaking, steel bridge ≠ Bailey bridge, steel bridge includes Bailey bridge, only prefabricated steel bridge = Bailey Bridge.

Steel bridges are defined by manufacturing materials. The main feature of Bailey Bridge is modularity, and the scope of steel bridges is wider. From the literal understanding, it can be basically said that the main body of the bridge can be called steel bridge. .

It's just that the Bailey Bridge is more typical and has the widest application. Relatively speaking, the term prefabricated steel bridge is closer to the original meaning of Bailey bridge, and it can also be said to explain what Bailey bridge is in another sense.

The Bailey Bridge may not be equipped with longitudinal beams. Two beams per section are directly placed on the U-shaped bridge deck. The design of the Bailey bridge requires a certain degree of strength, prevents cracking, and guarantees wear resistance. Cement concrete and asphalt concrete steel temporary bridge pavement are widely used and can meet various requirements. Generally, a waterproof layer is set under the pavement of Bailey Bridge, and drainage facilities are set on the steel temporary bridge. Conducive to drainage, the pavement of the steel temporary bridge is equipped with vertical and horizontal slopes.