HS2 completes final viaduct span over M42 motorway

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 21 Sept, 21:59 · Archive

HS2 has completed lifting the final viaduct span over the M42 motorway at Water Orton.

All six viaduct spans that will carry trains over the M42 are now in place following the work. The motorway reopened at around 4am as planned, though further construction remains with another closure scheduled for 23–26 October.

HS2 completes final viaduct span over M42 motorway — Image: Leamington Courier

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HS2 completes massive bridge lifts over motorway near Warwickshire villageHS2 engineers have lifted the last of six enormous viaduct spans that will carry high speed trains over the M42 at Water Orton in Warwickshire.Leamington Courier · 22 Sept, 10:22
HS2 bridge lifts completed during motorway closureThe remaining viaduct spans which will carry trains over the M42 are now in place, HS2 says.BBC Coventry And Warwickshire · 21 Sept, 18:04
Major moment for HS2 as M42 viaduct span completedThe M42 reopened at around 4am as planned after HS2 lifted the last of six viaduct spans over the motorway at Water Orton. Further construction remains, with another motorway closure scheduled for 23–26 October.CoventryLive · 21 Sept, 14:46

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