European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 19, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 set Ashleu in to the a her River Are tubular sections thai soon will he part of a floating Brid re. Bridging s just As easy As falling off a Barge photo by Ken Onu Igol an 81 h engr in Soldier Lucks in a so Dunn. The Aller is an old River has a lot of history but Soldier engineers were More concerned wednesday about its Width As they prepared to Bridge the Alk r during certain strike Maneu vers. Cer1ai&s1rike the soldiers from the sch engr in i Cav div found what they were looking for near barns cd a stretch about 160 sctt across. That comes out to a half dozen tubular Bridges Lions. Tubular that is until they hit the water. Rolling off the Back of the transporter the sections unfold when they slide into the water. Soldiers Hook them to Gether and boats push on the downriver Side 10 hold the Sci ions against the cur rent. Six sections two ramps attached and an Anchor Cable attached to a Bulldozer on the Riverbank. Elapsed Lime 45 min utes. Presto one floating Bridge.  a Good solid kick by an Engineer and the Bridge links an locked. 5as Pho too in of Sis Ponio of lv"01 w spirt a 5-ton Bridge transporter backs up id unload a it Tiofil of the flaking Bridge 545 to a Tofu a hug Bride Jer is direct a by farm bars of car twin strike bib engr Buu