This gallery of images captures the key stages of the installation of the new pedestrian and cycle bridge next to Kingston station over the weekend of 23-24 March 2019, in the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames.
The bridge weighing 50 tonnes, measuring 32m long by 4m wide, and 3m high was transported by road, then craned into position in one operation. The operation ran as follows:
- Bridge arrives under police escort, having travelled by road from Wales
- Road and underpass cleared to receive and park the bridge transporter
- Site ground, and base prepared to support the crane
- Crane arrives, is positioned, and secured
- Crane prepared for lifting bridge
- Hoist and harness fixed, and secured to bridge
- Bridge lifted and manoeuvred into position
- Bridge installed and secured.
Then the whole site needed to be restored - plant and materials removed, traffic signals reinstated, road surface cleaned - before being reopened to traffic.
To watch this speeded up, view our time-lapse video here [ Ссылка ]
A feature within the Go Cycle programme's upgrading of Kingston's cycling and transport infrastructure. [ Ссылка ]
Thanks to:
Dyer & Butler - engineering partners - [ Ссылка ]
Buro Happold - bridge designers - [ Ссылка ]
Braithwaite Engineering - bridge manufacturers - [ Ссылка ]
PlantSpeed - heavy haulage specialists - [ Ссылка ]
Sarens UK - specialist crane operators - [ Ссылка ]
Network Rail - [ Ссылка ]
Transport for London - [ Ссылка ]
Wonderhatch - photography - [ Ссылка ]
