Caption

Construction of a temporary bridge over a slipped road crossing a stream, by the bridge construction section of the THW, 18 metre long steel bridge of the Krupp-D type, is assembled in around 8 hours, large-scale exercise FÜLEX25 lasting several days, of the THW North Rhine-Westphalia regional association, over 3500 volunteers from the 127 North Rhine-Westphalia local associations practise on 4 weekends, many different deployment scenarios

Date

Aug 29, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK25I75_169

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No

Property release

No

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Rights managed

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137,1Mb (8,4Mb) / 28,3in x 18,8in / 8477 x 5651 (300dpi)

Keywords

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