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Footbridge to Telford Station lifted into place
Europe’s largest mobile crane was needed to lift the 250t main span of the Telford Central Footbridge into place during a night time Network Rail clearance …
Installation complete for Taplow bridge
Site work has now been completed for a new River Thames footbridge designed by Knight Architects and structural engineers COWI at Taplow in Buckinghamshire. …
Conservation work on world’s first iron bridge under way
Shropshire’s historic and iconic Iron Bridge has been shrouded in scaffolding to allow a much-needed conservation project to get under way. The project, the …
Manchester’s Ordsall Chord nears completion
One of the final steel elements of Manchester’s Ordsall Chord, which will improve connectivity across the north of England, has been lifted into place. Two …
Striking a chord with bridges
Nine steel bridges are required for the Ordsall Chord rail project, which will link all of Manchester’s main stations for the first time. Martin Cooper …
Severfield bridge lift completed on Ordsall Chord
Weighing more than 600t, what is said to be the UK’s first asymmetric network arch bridge was successfully lifted into place last month by two of the largest …
Steel bending creates purpose-built motorway advertising arch
Metal fabrication and bending specialist Barnshaws Section Benders has contributed to the construction of what is said to be the UK’s first purpose-built …
A bridge to town centre renewal
An iconic steel composite bridge forms the centrepiece of a multi-million pound regeneration scheme in the South Wales town of Merthyr Tydfil. Spanning the …
