{"id":3349,"date":"2025-09-02T15:55:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/?p=3349"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:50:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:50:22","slug":"custom-auxiliary-bridges-just-make-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/custom-auxiliary-bridges-just-make-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom Auxiliary Bridges Just Make Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Power stations have a variety of refueling and maintenance functions and the space available to accomplish them varies widely across facilities. That\u2019s why custom solutions are the only way to go when designing auxiliary bridges that enable those refueling and maintenance tasks to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Custom-engineered bridge solutions not only consider the dimensions of your facility but also the safety and efficiency needs of your team. They provide the maximum amount of usable decking while accommodating unique plant constraints. Preferred Engineering\u2019s experts have thoughtfully designed and fabricated Auxiliary Bridges with features that make a world of difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our auxiliary bridges offer:<br>\u2022 Powered or manual drives, synchronized to prevent skewing<br>\u2022 Toe kicks or full height barriers for FME protection<br>\u2022 Non-slip ladder treads or rungs, and decking,<br>\u2022 Integral swing gates<br>\u2022 Labeled lift points<br>\u2022 Secondary rails for hangers and equipment mounts<br>\u2022 Custom shielding and live-load requirements.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our custom designs have previously integrated:<br>\u2022 Rail guides for alignment during manual operation<br>\u2022 Lexan FME panels<br>\u2022 Power outlets<br>\u2022 Quick release pin joints<br>\u2022 Job hoists<br>\u2022 And more, in line with each facility\u2019s requirements<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.preferred-mfg.com\/products\/nuclear\/pressure-water-reactor-(pwr)\/custom-engineering-solutions\/auxiliary-bridge.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.preferred-mfg.com\/products\/nuclear\/pressure-water-reactor-(pwr)\/custom-engineering-solutions\/auxiliary-bridge.html\">PWR Auxiliary Bridges<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.preferred-mfg.com\/products\/nuclear\/boiling-water-reactor-(bwr)\/custom-engineering-solutions\/auxiliary-bridge.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.preferred-mfg.com\/products\/nuclear\/boiling-water-reactor-(bwr)\/custom-engineering-solutions\/auxiliary-bridge.html\">BWR Auxiliary Bridges<\/a> and reach out to our team to discover how our custom engineering solutions can help your facility to achieve safer and more efficient operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power stations have a variety of refueling and maintenance functions and the space available to accomplish them varies widely across facilities. That\u2019s why custom solutions are the only way to go when designing auxiliary bridges that enable those refueling and maintenance tasks to happen. Custom-engineered bridge solutions not only consider the dimensions of your facility but also the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3349"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3349"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3351,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3349\/revisions\/3351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}