Patent ID: 7543347

Claim:
A mobile bridge system comprising: a bridge laying vehicle; a lifting frame pivotably mounted to the bridge laying vehicle for movement between a lowered, substantially horizontal transportation position, wherein the lifting frame rests on part of the bridge laying vehicle, and a raised laying position; a bridge section including first and second articulatedly interconnected bridge parts defining respective first and second roadway surfaces wherein, when the lifting frame is in the transportation position, the first roadway surface of the first bridge part rests on the lifting frame and the second bridge part is positioned upon the first bridge part with one end of the second bridge part being articulatedly interconnected to the first bridge part, an opposing end of the second bridge part defining a free end portion and the second roadway surface being upwardly exposed; a lowering frame displaceably fixed to the lifting frame, said lowering frame having a free end which extends over and beyond the lifting frame; and a plurality of length-adjustable trestle legs pivotally mounted at the free end portion of the second bridge part.