Is this a Bailey Bridge?

[Vanvlak]

This could actually also fall in the In from the cold thread, but I went for the original period of use.
Last week we spent a most enjoyable few days in the Highlands, traipsing beyond in a southwards direction up to Loch Awe. On our journey we drove up and down the B8074 road in Glen Orchy (promising name, that!), and branching across the river Orchy at a place barely recognised by the internet called Eas Urchaidh we saw this:

Am I right in suspecting it's a Bailey Bridge?

[Sir_Theo]

Id say so.

[carlos marighela]

Yes, it is.

[dadlamassu]

Certainly is

[Vanvlak]

Ah splendid, it's the first time I've encountered ones.
Thanks guys 

[carlos marighela]

Of course, now you have found one, just remember that the fact that they are often described as being like adult Meccano doesn't mean you can just unbolt it and make a steam engine or an ornithopter from the parts.

[Harry Faversham]

Invented and built in Rotherham, where you can still see one bridging the Don...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Bailey_(civil_engineer)

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/383055

 

[FramFramson]

There's an elevated one in Toronto, used to cross Lakeshore blvd. (a major thoroughfare that separates a big section of western downtown from the waterfront)!



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Shore_Boulevard_Bailey_Bridge

[Etranger]

Of course, now you have found one, just remember that the fact that they are often described as being like adult Meccano doesn't mean you can just unbolt it and make a steam engine or an ornithopter from the parts.

Don't be so sure about that!


Woomera Range Skylark launch tower, built from Bailey Bridge components. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylark_launch_tower