160 tonne bridge falls on side while being installed
A massive 100m bridge that under construction has toppled over onto its side in Renfrew near Glasgow it happened as the bridge was being moved to its final resting place….
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Category: Bridge building
Six muck away trucks and one dozer pull 4250t bridge from mud
The contractor Alun Griffiths has dodged a bullet by finally freeing a 4,260t bridge that had sunk into the mud, during what was the UK heaviest bridge move and it…
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Tyne and Wear bridge giant pylon lift (video)
The new Wear crossing bridge construction is well underway after engineers lifted into place the 1,550 tonnes A-frame centrepiece of Sunderland’s new bridge over the weekend. The massive 100m pylon was raised…
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Steel cage collapse on £750m Aberdeen Western bypass stops work
The collapse of a huge steel structure and an overturned mechanical roadworking machine has caused the £750m Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) to be shut down for four days. UCATT…
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Vertical Lift Bridge under construction collapses over Manchester Ship Canal
A major structural collapse has occurred on the site of deck of a major vertical lifting bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal near the Barton Bridge on the M60, the moving…
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Giant Meccano scaffold errected for Mersea Bridge
The specialist construction equipment, known as a self-launching movable scaffolding system (MSS), is being put together at Merseylink’s Catalyst site. It will be used to build the elevated road viaducts…
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