Pontage

Method of forming and placing pontoon bridge.— Pontage par port iéres, par parties, par bateaux succe ifs. See Pont. Pontage par conversion. lorming the bridge inshore and then swinging it out.—Pontage a portée normale. Bridging with the usual intervals between pontoons.—Pontage a grande portée. Bridging with increased intervals, the road bearers resting on three gunwale beams instead of on four to the unit. [p.454]