HS2 has successfully carried out the UK’s heaviest drive to install an intersection bridge structure beneath the West Coast Main Line at Fulfen Wood near Lichfield.

The 56 metre long and 19 metre wide structure will allow Britain’s new high-speed railway to pass beneath the busy existing railway line, on its route going north of Birmingham Curzon Street Station up to Crewe.

The giant 6,200-tonne concrete structure, which was built adjacent to the WCML over the last six months, was slowly manoeuvred into place on self-propelled modular transporters. Specially designed for very heavy lifting, the 840-wheeled transporter with four carrier beams was controlled by a remote steering system.

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0:00 Introduction
0:19 Work before the drive
0:42 What will the bridge be used for?
0:50 How is it being moved?
1:01 Closing the existing railway
1:38 Installing the bridge
2:03 What happens after the move?
2:15 Completing this operation on time
2:37 Reactions
3:00 Close

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