London Overground companies have resumed between Liverpool Avenue and Chingford after a 150-year-old bridge in Hackney was demolished throughout a 16-day line closure.
On the finish of the demolition part (c) Community Rail
The bridge, which carried Downs Park Highway and Bodney Highway over the railway, was in poor situation, and a full alternative was wanted to keep away from any future unplanned closures. With a purpose to exchange the street bridge, Community Rail needed to shut the railway, so the road closed on twentieth July and reopened this morning.
Engineers started the 16-day blockage by demolishing the previous bridge earlier than beginning to construct the brand new one. Through the works, they needed to set up particular entry to the positioning, decrease the overhead traces and shield the tracks from the constructing supplies.
They then started demolishing the brick arches and parapet of the previous bridge and lifting away the metallic girders. As soon as the positioning was cleared, they might begin constructing the construction of the alternative bridge by lifting in concrete cill beams, infill beams, and the brand new metal parapet.
A machine working within the area the place trains would normally run (c) Community Rail
Though the railway underneath the bridge has now reopened, utility companies nonetheless should be relocated and the brand new street floor put in. The street works are anticipated to final the remainder of the yr, and the street is anticipated to reopen early in 2025.
View of the previous bridge, earlier than works began (c) Community Rail
Work being carried out on the bridge in direction of the top of the 16 days, with the brand new metal parapet in place (c) Community Rail
The venture is being carried out by Community Rail’s contractor, Murphy.
Prepare companies can even be affected by follow-up works on the bridge on the next dates, so passengers ought to verify earlier than they journey:
- Saturday seventeenth and Sunday 18th August
- Sunday 1st September
- Sunday eighth September
The brand new bridge is designed to final for 120 years – so put a word in your grandchildren’s diary for 2144 for the following closure.
Along with the bridge alternative over the 16 days, Community Rail engineers carried out upkeep at websites up and down the Chingford line. This included refurbishing vital units of factors, enhancing the situation of the monitor ballast, and testing and changing signalling energy provide cables.
Through the closure, London Overground additionally undertook extra work at a number of stations, together with repairs and refurbishment of the steps at Clapton and repairs to station canopies to guard heritage options at Chingford, Clapton and Walthamstow Central.
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