PPS HEAVY GIRDER FLOATING BRIDGE IN USE BY PEOPLES REPULBIC OF CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00250A000100030001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 4, 1979
• Content Type: REPORT

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TITLE/SIGNIFICANCE:
PPS Heavy Girder Floating Bridge In Use By Peoples Republic of China
COMMENT: The PPS Heavy Girder Floating Bridge has been identified at 0-Cheng Army Bks
ENE and is being produced at Kuang-Chi Shipyard This bridge is considered
to be a line-of-communication bridge instead of a tactical bridge and is obsolete in the
Soviet Union. It has been observed organized into a ponton bridge division.
CONCEPTUAL DRAWING
BOW SECTION INTERMEDIATE SECTION STERN SECTION
FOUR SECTION POrITONl
1. Floating supports have pointed bow and sloping stern.
2. Pontons have full deck.
3. Roadway is continuous deck panels and is supported on box-truss girders.
4. Roadway
5. Capacity is 90 metric tons.
LOCATION(S)
0-Cheng Army Bks ENE
DISCLAIMER - This is an informal communication intended for circulation within NPIC/IEG only The conclusions are the opinion of the originator
at the time of issue Supporting or contrasting views are welcomed, and should be directed to the originator.
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