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HS2 slides first 55-metre span of new Saltley Viaduct into place
Balfour Beatty VINCI installed a 55-metre steel span over the Birmingham to Derby lines at Saltley during the August bank holiday, moving it about 125 metres into position on self-propelled modular transporters. The span is the first of four phases of a taller replacement viaduct that will let HS2 trains pass beneath; the railway reopened on schedule on 1 September.
Our readInstalling the span within a bank-holiday possession and reopening on time is the interface delivery HS2 now needs to repeat three more times at Saltley.
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