FLYING-BRIDGE

a bridge constructed very rapidly for some special purpose, usually one of emergency. During the Kuropean War the construction of fiying-bridges was carried to a high degree of perfection. A standard design of bridge, consisting of two side girders, made of very light rods, was designed, and the parts were standardized. The parts were few in number and very simple, and the Royal Engineer crews became so proficient that a bridge to carry a load of tanks could be erected over a stream %5 feet wide in 24 hours by 52 men.