Massive machine lifts M56 bridge

摘要

Highways England's pinch-point programme sees contractors deliver smaller-scale targeted improvements to the strategic road network to relieve congestion and improve safety. But in the process of carrying out projects in the programme, care must be taken to minimise any extra disruption caused by the construction process itself. This was the task given to the Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald joint venture appointed to carry out Highways England's Area 10 Asset Support Contract in 2012. One of the schemes BBMM has had to carry out is the replacement of the Thorley Lane Bridge over the M56 - a project shortlisted for this year's Construction News Awards.