File:First US Army Engineer built pontoon bridge crossing the Rhine at Remagen during WW2.jpg

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English: M-2 steel treadway bridge spanning the 1032 ft breadth of the Rhine was built in 32 hours under heavy enemy fire by the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion supported by the 988 and 998 Treadway Bridge Companies.
Date
Source 291 Engineer C BN -- Battalion History, US Army, Editor Capt. William L. McKinsey, p. 41, c. 1950.
Author U.S. Army
Camera location50° 34′ 44.04″ N, 7° 14′ 15.31″ E  Heading=5° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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First tactical bridge across the Rhine River built at Remagen, Germany March 10, 1945.

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10 March 1945

50°34'44.0"N, 7°14'15.4"E

heading: 5 degree

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