The train route between Coventry and Leamington Spa was temporarily closed on the evening of Sunday 30 July in preparation for the HS2 Coventry box slide, a 5,600-tonne, 46m-long bridge structure that was moved into position in just 5.5 hours using Freyssinet’s Autoripage® technique, which allows construction of heavy structures on the side of live infrastructures and their sliding into position with minimal impact on operations.
The new bridge structure will allow the high-speed line to pass beneath the existing Coventry to Leamington Spa railway line.
HS2, BBV JV and Freyssinet teams worked around the clock to complete the slide by Monday morning at 3.30am.
See www.freyssinet.co.uk for more details or email info@freyssinet.co.uk