Tuesday 17 Jul 2007
BUILDING BRIDGES IN ARMITAGE
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A temporary road bridge over the West Coast Main Line at Armitage with Handsacre was removed last weekend, marking a significant milestone in the progress of Network Rail's Trent Valley 4 Tracking Project.
The 160 tonne bridge at Lichfield Road in Armitage was removed by a huge crane on Saturday night (14 July). It was installed a year ago to carry motorists over the four tracks of the expanded West Coast Main Line while a new road bridge was constructed. The new bridge has been open since 5 July under single lane traffic management whilst work to the final road layout is completed.
Notes to editors
Network Rail’s £350 million Trent Valley Four Tracking Project (TV4) will increase capacity on the West Coast Main Line by doubling the tracks between Armitage with Handacre from two to four The Trent Valley project represents one of the final parts of the £8.6bn upgrade of the West Coast Main Line. The Trent Valley project involves the doubling of the railway to four tracks along a 19km section between Armitage and Tamworth to remove a major bottleneck As well as widening the tracks there are 37 structures to be replaced or modified as part of the Trent Valley project. The majority of the engineering work on these structures has now been completed and the project itself is now over 50% complete The West Coast Project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2008
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