{"id":46941,"date":"2026-11-04T15:15:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/?p=46941"},"modified":"2026-11-04T15:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:16:07","slug":"fabrication-for-replacement-somerset-bridge-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/fabrication-for-replacement-somerset-bridge-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabrication for replacement Somerset bridge underway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following the demolition of the 85-year old Winterstoke Road Bridge, fabrication is underway for its replacement structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commissioned by North Somerset Council and funded by the Ministry of Defence, the new bridge<\/a>, which is due to open in early 2028, will reinstate one of the main routes into Weston-super-Mare, easing traffic congestion and lessening travel times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working on behalf of main contractor Octavius, Adey Steel is fabricating and supplying 160t of bridge steelwork for the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It consists of eight main girders<\/a> with each section having an overall length of 64m. For ease of transportation, each girder is being fabricated in three pieces (two 16m-long sections and a 32m-long central span).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original bridge was built during the Second World War to provide access to an RAF aeroplane factory. In recent times, due to its age and condition, it had a 7.5t weight restriction and was deemed unsuitable for modern traffic volumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councillor Mike Bell, Leader of North Somerset Council, said: \u201cIn replacing Winterstoke Road Bridge, which will be built to last 120 years, we\u2019re making a key, long-term investment into local infrastructure. It is an investment that will maintain and expand current road capacity, while also building the resilience and reliability needed to prepare for future growth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following the demolition of the 85-year old Winterstoke Road Bridge, fabrication is underway for its replacement structure. Commissioned by North Somerset Council and funded by the Ministry of Defence, the new bridge, which is due to open in early 2028, will reinstate one of the main routes into Weston-super-Mare, easing traffic congestion and lessening travel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3WsLP-cd7","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/n5.2-winterstoke-2611.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46941"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46944,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46941\/revisions\/46944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}