112m-Long HS2 Bridge Ready to Be Positioned in Birmingham

112m-long HS2 bridge ready to be positioned in Birmingham

A 112m long, 1,631 tonne HS2 bridge is ready to be moved into place in central Birmingham, using ‘first time’ techniques The Lawley Middleway bridge will be part of a one-mile stretch over five connected viaducts on Birmingham’s ring road. Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), alongside bridge move contactor, Mammoet, is preparing to place the steel structure this August. The bridge has been constructed offsite for the last two years, next to Digbeth Cana…

HS2 bridge move underway in Birmingham this week

A 1,631-tonne HS2 bridge is being moved into place over Lawley Middleway in Birmingham this week, marking a key milestone in the rail link’s approach to Curzon Street station. HS2’s main works contractor in the Midlands, the Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) joint venture, is delivering… The post HS2 bridge move underway in Birmingham this week appeared first on Construction News.

HS2 bridge ready to be moved into place in central Birmingham – High-Speed Rail Group

A specialist HS2 engineering team is preparing to move a 112m long, 1,631 tonne steel structure over a section of Lawley Middleway – part of Birmingham’s ring road in August. Rather than building the bridge in situ, disruption to road users has been drastically reduced by constructing the steel span on land next to Digbeth Canal over the last two years. In preparation for the move, the structure will now be jacked up onto two self-propelled modu…