First of three Preston bridges installed over railway and canal
Cleveland Bridge UK has completed the installation of the first of a trio of bridges that will form key elements of a major infrastructure project in Lancashire.
The 250m Lea Viaduct was installed during a six-week programme using a crawler crane.
Working in partnership with main contractor Costain and project engineers Jacobs and Atkins, Cleveland Bridge designed and fabricated the bridge in five 50m sections each made up of five pairs of girders to form a crossing over the Lancaster Canal and the Preston to Blackpool railway line.
The team had to tackle the challenges of working over water and the railway line on a site that was accessed via a tight country lane.