The pontoon bridge's deck cracked open in 1989, then again in 1991.

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The army hopes to install a pontoon bridge to reach the part of the village cut off since the old bridge was swept away by the mud on Monday.

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Plans have been put forward to replace the floating swing bridge with an automated moving pontoon.

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