Family of Prepackaged Pipeline Suspension Bridges.

The U.S. Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Command MERADCOM has designed 400-foot, 200-foot, and 100-foot pipeline suspension bridges and constructed and tested the 100-ft version. The suspension bridges come in kit form. The kit contains all necessary wire rope, fittings, turnbuckles, ground anchors, and other necessary hardware items. All suspender cables are precut to proper length and their points of attachment to the main cables are pre-designated. Besides the items contained in the kit, the military unit erecting the bridge must obtain 6-inch standard weight pipe for the bridge towers, planks for a catwalk, and large timbers or logs for two tower sills and two deadmen. All tools and equipment necessary for the erection of the suspension bridge are organic to the engineer pipeline construction support company, construction battalion, and engineer construction company.