The primary of 24 new street bridges wanted to span the HS2 railway line simply to the north of Aylesbury has been put in, with sufficient area for a second railway to be constructed alongside it.
The double-width bridges will likely be wanted as a result of the HS2 railway north of Aylesbury runs for a number of miles alongside the previous Nice Central Railway. The latter closed to passengers within the Nineteen Sixties, though a single observe was retained for native freight site visitors.
As a part of the development work, the outdated railway has been cleared away and a wider area dug alongside to create space for the HS2 railway tracks. As many of the Victorian brick street bridges that crossed over the outdated railway are far too small for HS2 trains, they have to be changed.
There are twenty-four street bridges alongside this one stretch of railway.
The brand new street bridge, and you’ll see the outdated bridge behind it (c) HS2
Nonetheless, the substitute street bridges are additionally being future-proofed, as they’re large sufficient for 4 railway tracks to run beneath — two for HS2 and area for 2 typical railway companies sooner or later.
The standard railway is the under-construction East West Railway linking Oxford and Cambridge, and it might embody a spur linking it to Aylesbury as effectively
East West Rail (c) Community Rail
For the time being, the spur to Alysbury is on maintain, however to make sure it could possibly be constructed sooner or later, HS2 is constructing all its street bridges twice as large as they could have to be.
Simply in case.
The primary of the 24 new bridges, spanning 112 metres to permit area for the 4 railway tracks, was just lately put in on Edgcott Highway.
The brand new bridge is being constructed by HS2’s important works contractor, EKFB – a workforce made up of Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Development and BAM Nuttall – working with Eiffage Metallic, Osprey and Allerton Metal.
They used a 650-tonne crawler crane to elevate the metal beams into place, with the operation being accomplished during the last month. Made from ‘weathering metal’, the beams are a naturally russet brown color and have been welded collectively on website to kind the principle span of the bridge which was lifted in six massive sections.
Two 6.8-metre-high concrete piers and abutments on both facet will assist the metal beams which weigh a complete of 610 tonnes. A strengthened concrete deck will then sit on high to assist the street, which carries native site visitors between Quainton and Calvert.
Metal beams in place for the brand new Edgcott Highway overbridge trying south in direction of the unique bridge July 2024 (c) HS2
Welcoming the milestone, HS2 Senior Challenge Supervisor Hugo Rebelo stated: “It’s nice to see the primary beams in place for Edgcott Highway bridge. This unusually lengthy construction will cross each the HS2 line and the presently disused freight line – preserving open the chance for it to be upgraded for native passenger trains sooner or later.
“The location workforce have made good progress up to now and I stay up for seeing it come collectively over the subsequent 12 months as we full the deck and the diversion of the prevailing street.”
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