I will defer to Sapper on Bailey Bridges, but will add that in "The Damned Engineers," by Janice Holt Giles, the history of the 291st US Engineers in the Bulge, she reports that those engineers disliked building them, especially under fire, because they invariably led to a lot of injuries during construction, due to the welding and heavy lifting hazards.
Believe it or not, they are still in use. There is a company with a web page that offers them for sale. I've driven over a few in New Zealand, and they are still efficient bridges.
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