Huge HS2 bridge in Birmingham completed four days ahead of schedule

HS2 engineers move 1,631 tonne steel bridge into place over Birmingham ring road

Watch as HS2 engineers carefully slide a 1,631 tonne bridge into place over a busy Birmingham road. Timelapse footage shared on Thursday (21 August) shows the 12m long steel structure being placed across ring road Lawley Middleway over the span of four nights. The move began on 15 August, with engineers lifting the bridge into place during night-time road closures to minimise disruption to motorists. It was completed four days ahead of schedule.…

Huge HS2 bridge in Birmingham completed four days ahead of schedule

HS2 engineers have moved a 1,631 tonne steel bridge into place over Lawley Middleway in Birmingham four days ahead of schedule

Watch 1,631-tonne West Midlands HS2 bridge being moved into place during the night

HS2 says a specialist engineering team has moved a 112m-long, 1,631-tonne steel bridge over a section of Lawley Middleway - part of Birmingham’s ring road, four days ahead of schedule.

HS2 Birmingham bridge move completed four days early

The steel bridge, weighing 1,631 tonnes, has been slid into place over Lawley Middleway, four days ahead of schedule The HS2 Birmingham bridge move was completed by Balfour Beatty VINCI, with bridge-moving subcontractor Mammoet. The bridge is 112m long, and was moved over several nights between 18 and 24 metres per night. The process lasted between 15 August and 22 August The original plan was for the move to take place by 25 August. The bridge …

Balfour Beatty VINCI completes move of huge HS2 bridge in Birmingham four days ahead of schedule

Balfour Beatty VINCI has moved a 112m long, 1,631 tonne steel structure over a section of Lawley Middleway – part of Birmingham’s ring road, four days ahead of schedule. The operation was successfully delivered by Balfour Beatty VINCI and their bridge move contractor Mammoet. To minimise disruption to road users, the huge span was moved during night-time road closures – moving between 18 and 24 metres every night using a special skidding system …

Birmingham HS2 bridge lift completed ahead of schedule via 'rarely used' method

A 1,631t steel bridge has been lifted into place over Lawley Middleway in Birmingham four days ahead of schedule in a key step towards completing the Curzon Approaches. The post Birmingham HS2 bridge lift completed ahead of schedule via ‘rarely used’ method appeared first on New Civil Engineer.