The following Pictures are of the final bridges built by the 150th Combat Engineers. They are fixed bridges, unlike most of the bridges they built which were Bailey, Treadway or Ponton bridges. They were named the Major Edmund C. Knight bridge, and the Sgt. James P. Cassidy bridge, in remembrance of an officer, and an enlisted man who had paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country. These Bridges were over the Danobe River in Straubing, Germany.

The Major Edmund C. Knight Bridge
Major Edmund C. Knight Bridge
Built by "B" Company
Knight Bridge Knight Bridge
This picture is blown up from the above right picture. There are 3 people with bikes crossing. 2 in the street and 1 walking in the pedestrian part of the bridge. This was a very common method of transportation after the war, as they had no gasoline when the war had ended. Knight Bridge

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The Sgt James B. Cassidy Bridge
Sgt. James B. Cassidy Bridge
Built by "C" Company
Casidy Bridge Casidy Bridge
Casidy Bridge Casidy Bridge
Casidy Bridge
 Casidy Bridge
Casidy Bridge Casidy Bridge
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Casidy Bridge Location 1970 Casidy Bridge Location 1970
The two pictures above are when Joe Lenza went back in 1970. This is Where the Cassidy Bridge stood for 2 years after the war.
The next page are also during the construction of the Cassidy bridge
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