Bridge replacement assembled overnight

Highways service provider Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald has completed a major milestone in a project to replace a bridge for use by the local community over the M5 motorway near the city of Bristol, south-west England.
February 21, 2012 Read time: 1 min
The new bridge is lifted into position over the M5 Motorway
Highways service provider 1530 Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald has completed a major milestone in a project to replace a bridge for use by the local community over the M5 motorway near the city of Bristol, south-west England.
The operation was carried out overnight to minimise disruption to the travelling public.
Working on behalf of the 1441 UK Highways Agency, Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald carried out the £1.6 million (€e1.9 million) project to replace the bridge at Lawrence Weston after the previous concrete structure had become weakened from vehicle strikes over many years.
The replacement structure is a low maintenance, single span steel bridge suitable for pedestrians and cyclists, forming a crucial link in a south-west cycle route and providing access for non-motorised users from the city to reach the countryside.
Weighing 92 tonnes and with a span of 66m, the new structure was manufactured in three sections before being transported to site where it was assembled and lifted into place during the overnight closure of the motorway.
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