Skanska has installed the largest single-span railway bridge in the West Midlands.
The work is part of the HS2 high-speed railway project.
A total of 18 self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs) drove the 2,600t steel and concrete structure into place.
Skanska pre-assembled the bridge in a compound adjacent to the existing railway lines. The installation period took just under three hours to complete.
‘No mean feat’
Patrick Cawley, director for ‘On Network Works’ for HS2 and Network Rail, said: “Moving this 2,600 tonne bridge into place was no mean feat. The new structure will ensure Britain’s new zero-carbon, high-speed railway HS2 works in harmony with the existing rail routes into the second city.
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