James Reckitt Avenue Hull existing bridge crossing the road.
View on deck level single line twin deck
Scaffold bridge installed work on abutment
View on bridge during road closure work on abutment
Road rail access point “strails” installed
Start of the main possession RRV being loaded onto the track.
RRV installing a trailer onto the track to carry materials down to the work site.
Material and equipment at the access point ready to move down to the bridge.
Equipment and plant materials stockpiled ready to be moved down to the bridge
RRV moved down to the bridge starting to remove the track over the bridge.
P- way contractor (Trackwork) removing the P-way rails and sleepers.
Temporary works being installed to the beams
Fixing brackets bolted onto the bridge ready for the props.
Rails removed pulled back and stockpiled – sleepers ready for removal
Steel sleepers stacked up ready for removal
Ballast being excavated from the bridge deck
Ballast being excavated from the bridge deck
Steel sleepers stockpiled track side ready for removal/reuse
Excavator clearing ballast from the bridge deck
Excavator clearing ballast from the bridge deck
Excavator clearing ballast from the bridge deck
Ballast wall exposed at deck ends (brickwork)
Excavator clearing ballast from the bridge deck
SPMT Transporter being moved down to the structure
SPMT Transporter being moved down to the structure
Ballast wall exposed – concrete being broken out.
Ballast wall exposed – concrete being broken out.
Excavator breaking out the deck in the brickwork (Note cables on the cable bridge)
SPMT being moved into place under the existing bridge note steel plates and plywood sheets on the footpath to make the kerbs easier to run over
SPMT being moved into place under the existing bridge note steel plates and plywood sheets on the footpath to make the kerbs easier to run over
Tower scaffold used to line up the SPMTs and fit out packing timbers where required (note scaffold bridge above)
Tower scaffold used to line up the SPMTs and fit out packing timbers where required (note scaffold bridge above)
Tower scaffold used to line up the SPMTs and fit out packing timbers.
Bridge jacked free of the abutment and moved forward
Bridge jacked free of the abutment and moved forward
Bridge turned in place to enable it to be removed
Bridge turned in the road and wheels lined up ready to be moved
Extensive temporary works !!Not!! comedy props
Bridge on the move down the main high street note fences and steel plates
Bridge on the move down the main high street note fences and steel plates
Bridge on the move down the main high street note fences and steel plates
Bridge being moved down to the site compound running down the site of the existing buildings
Bridge removed work starts on breaking back the abutments
The plywood board on the front of the abutments protects the footpaths
Excavator working on existing abutment to reduce it down to the cut line previously undertaken prior to the bridge being removed.
Bridge being moved into the compound
Bridge being moved into the compound
Bridge being moved into the compound
Bridge being moved into place onto the trestles new bridge at on second set of trestles
Abutment reduced to level, mini digger clearing up into a small dumper – note the majority of the material is held at trackside.
New bridge lifted free from the set up trestles being moved in the compound.
Scaffold edge protection added to make setting up the screed rails and the screed installation safe.
Bridge on the move – waterproof drap (wolfin sheet) has fallen loose
Scaffold tower built up ready to roll up the wolfin drape and also to help the bridge pass safely under a telecom cable
Scaffold tower built up ready to roll up the wolfin drape
Scaffolds complete edge protection - now ready for sand cement screed installation.
Wolfin drapes rolled back up out of the way - clear of the abutment base so that they can be landed.
Bridge passing under the telecom cable
Screed rails set up on the abutment note spot level packs used to set up the levels scaffold tubes used to give level control.
Screed being placed to the abutment - just as it starts to get dark.
Screed set to level – edge protection removed to enable the structure to be moved into position
Bridge being moved into position
ALE moving the Bridge carefully into position. Bridge being aligned by the engineers and his assistant (that will be that David Millar again !!!)
Bridge landed and set in position – note crane being rigged to install the precast ballast retention units
Crane lifted into place ballast units – waterproofing put in place on the deck ends – backfill 6N being placed and compacted
Backfilling to the back of the abutment deck ends
Backfilling to the back of the abutment deck ends
Backfilling to the back of the abutment deck ends. Pre-cast units installed with the crane.
Existing bridge in the yard note climbing jacks and jenga blocks ready to dejack down the structure for removal
Existing bridge in the yard note climbing jacks and jenga blocks ready to dejack down the structure for removal
Ballast being placed at the ends of the bridge deck note the steel temporary works on thecorners still in place ready to be removed.
Crane lifting up stair sections ready for installation on the walkways.
Crane removing temporary works hangers and ballast ramps being compacted
Crane removing temporary works hangers and ballast ramps being compacted
Note stair precast concrete unit and waterproofing protection carpet on the deck
Bottom ballast being placed on the bridge deck
Ballast being laid on the bridge deck bulk bags, cut and dropped (note single use bulk bags)
Geo-grid cut and laid over the bottom layer of ballast next layer being filled with ballast
Ballast being laid and triple whacker plate
Brickwork broken away when the bridge was removed this will be rebuilt when the bridge is open
Steel sleepers being reused on the tie in either end of the deck.
Bridge ballasted up ready for sleeper placement
Sleepers laid in place note – steel then new timber then new concrete sleepers
Rails being pulled into place ready to be set into the mountings
SPMT's being moved back into the yard
Cleaning up at road level ready to open the road
Rails being put into place - closure rail being measured and prepared for installation
Rails all fully installed – top ballast in placed ready for tamper
Ballast being placed + cleaning up -Windhoff tamper used to get the track up to speed TSR installed for a week prior to a follow up tamp a week later
RRV on the bridge cleaning up spoil from the redundant area. Scaffold works going on to brickwork under the impost units making them safe prior to opening the footpaths and roads
Main contractor – Kier May Gurney
Network Rail – IP – Darryl White SPM (David Millar)
Project Mananger – Paul David (KMG)
Agent – Mark Bannister (KMG)
Site Manager - Jakub Golata (KMG)
Design – Pell Frischmann
Waterproofing – Waterseal
Steel Bridge Deck – Britons Fabricators
SPMTs – ALE
P-Way – Trackwork
Concrete Units –
Scaffolding –
Cranes – Ainscough Heavy Cranes
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