Bailey & Treadway Bridges Built by the 150th
Crossing the Sielle River

River: Sielle River
Location: Near Nancy, France.
Date: 26 September 1944.
Lenght: aprox 48'
Treadway Bridge
Treadway Bridge Picture
River: Sielle River
Location: 1/4 Mile SW of Manhous
Date: 26 September 1944
Length: 80' DS Bailey
Bridge pile with wooden superstructure
except for center 48' steel span, which
was demolished. View looking west.
bridge pics
River: Sielle River
Location: Montereau, near Nancy,
France
Date: 26 September 1944
Length: 80' D/S Bailey
Bridge Pics
River: Sielle River
Location: Near Bey, France
Date: 4 October 1944
Length: 50' DS Bailey
(replaced a 48' treadway)

See below for blow up of a section.

bridge pics
Bridge Picture
River: Sielle River
Location: Pettincourt
Date: 26 September 1944
Length: 100' T/S Bailey ("A" Co.)

Below this picture, is two we pulled
out of this. Can you guess what the
second one is? Look carefully in the
trees and you can see something. We
pulled it out.
Bridge Pics

Bridge Pics
Bridge Pics
For those still stumped, it is a tank. Now go back and look again, you can also see the troops around it.
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