A barge apparatus which includes first and second elongated pontoon members each including a buoyant foamed plastic material and decking bridging the pontoon members with the pontoon members disposed in spaced relationship. Each of the pontoon members including first and second elongated longitudinally extending members that extend substantially the entire length of the pontoon member proximate to the upper surface thereof and each of the pontoon members including first and second lower corner angles disposed in nested relatioship to the lower extremities of the buoyant foam plastic material. The apparatus also includes either a plurality of straps disposed at axially spaced intervals along each of the elongated longitudinally extending members with each of the straps extending around the buoyant foam plastic material and the first and second lower corner angles or other apparatus that joins these members. The invention also includes the method of manufacturing which includes supporting the entire weight of the members and the material at the axial extremities of the elongated longitudinally extending members and fixing the structural members together.
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