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Monday 18 Feb 2019

Residents and passengers thanked as bridge renewal in Haverfordwest is completed

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Wales & Western: Wales & Borders

| Wales & Western

The A4076 at Milford Road railway bridge in Haverfordwest has re-opened and train services between Whitland and Milford Haven have resumed as normal, following the successful replacement of Milford Road railway bridge this weekend.

Over the weekend, Network Rail teams worked around the clock to demolish and remove the existing railway bridge deck - which carries the South Wales Main Line. Engineers then installed a new, more resilient steel structure which includes a concrete collision beam to provide extra resilience, as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan to improve the reliability of the railway in West Wales.

Rhys Howells, scheme project manager for Network Rail Wales and Borders, said: “We would like to thank the local community and rail passengers for bearing with us whilst we replaced Milford Road railway bridge.

“The previous bridge deck was nearing the end of its serviceable life and has now been replaced with a more resilient structure which will help to keep the railway in West Wales running reliably.”

These essential works form part of a £4.25m upgrade project to replace two bridges in Merlins Bridge, which also included the successful replacement of Pembroke Road railway bridge in January. 

Finishing works, which include masonary repairs, track tamping and construction of retaining walls, continue at both Pembroke Road and Milford Road railway bridges.

To ensure all these works can be completed safely and effectively single lane traffic management will be in operation on Pembroke Road at the bridge and the A4076, at Milford Road bridge, intermittently overnight until the end of March 2019.

For more information visit www.networkrail.co.uk/Merlins-Bridge.