View on the proposed location Moor road railway bridge.
View proposed location of Moor Road - looking over to the North abutment.
Brown field site North abutment old factory units being excavated out and removed.
North abutment - bulk dig in progress - Note the boundary fence created with blue debris net fence installed.
Excavation on the back of the existing retaining wall.
New gas main being built up and welded ready for pulling into place.
North abutment fully excavated out - terrace cut in the embankment for crane lifting platform.
Drilling and grouting in progress to the North abutment.
Drilling and grouting in progress to the North abutment.
Directional drilling set up doing the drill for the Gas main along Moor Road
Pulling head attached to the gas main pulling it through the directional drill.
Diversion route along Moor road - drilling pit at the top of moor road for the gas main.
Gas main connections being made - to allow the old gas main to be disconnected.
Gas main diveretded allows the heavy plant to move into the South side to allow the bulk dig to start.
Track level on the South abutment - temporary fence installed and trough route being installed to divert cables past the base.
South abutment dig in progress behind the blue heras fence.
South abutment bulk dig in progress. - normal working.
Bulk dig in progress.
Vario Guard installed along the length of Moor road - Bulk dig being progressed.
South abutment bulk dig note the gas mains cut through.
South abutment dig being set up for blinding - screed rails set up.
Blinding concrete being placed to the formation - Henry Woodhead giving Engineering levels.
Martello piling on site carrying out the piling to the North abutment.
South autment - shutters set up aong the length of the base - backblinding being cast.
Base formwork stripped out - Steel being fixed to the abutment base.
North abutment piling in progress - during normal working.
South East base cast.
Piles installed on the North abutment - proof load testing being carried out.
South West base - steel reinforcement being fixed to the base - Crawler lifting in the steel.
Concrete being placed to the South west base.
South abutment - scaffold being erected on the base.
North abutment piles being cut down with a pile cropper.
South abutment Haki access tower + scaffold being erected.
North abutment piles cropped down + single size gravel laid and compacted ready for concrete blinding.
Scaffold tower set up inside the bridge abutment to fix the abutment section.
South abutment - crawler crane lifting in the formwork shutters.
View bridge construction crawler cranes on both abutments.
South abutment East wingall set up with push pulls
North abutment - crawler crane lifting down reinforcement to the base.
South abutment - view inside the bridge abutment - note the stop end set up for the wingwall.
Formwork removed from East Wingwall - scaffold re-erected for concrete finishing.
North abutment base - formwork erected kickerbeing set up for concrete.
North abutment base cast - stripped and backfilled.
Concrete being placed to the South Eastern half of the abutment.
View inside the abutment pour as concrete is being placed.
Concrete pour on going - finishing work floating up in progress.
North abutment crawler crane lifting down the scaffold and steel reinforcement for fixing.
South West wingwall being cast.
South west wingwall castand formwork removed.
North abutment Formwork being set up.
South West abutment pour - formwork being erected to the abutment.
Wingwall being cast on the North abutment.
South West abutment bearing shelf being cast.
View inside the abutment - issue with the formwork - shutter failed with the pour 1/3 completed.
View outside the formwork showing concrete escaping from the shutters.
North abutment steel reinforcement set up for casting - Formwork being lifted and set.
View in Mabey Bridge Yard - during a fabrication inspection.
View on taper plate - bearing stiffener at the girder.
South West corner formwork - rest up (not removed) with the cold joint scabbled inside the formwork.
Temporary works RMD soldiers and beams installed carrying ties through the wall.
Concrete being placed to the top section of the bridge abutment.
Concrete being floated up - ready to be covered over.
South abutment cast - bearing plinths being set up for concrete.
Concrete pump placing concrete to the North abutment.
Mabey Bridge - trial erection of the structural steelwork.
View on the North Abutment with the formwok being stripped out - shutters being lifted free by the Crawler crane. South abutment back fill to the wingwall to enable the 500t crane to be located.
Will Smith and Henry Woodhead - setting up the bearings just before installation.
Crawler crane lifting in the bridge bearings - 500t crane being erected ready for lifting.
Bridge Beams stored on the closed off lane of Moor Road - Possession winded off.
500T cranelifting in bridge girders.
EMJ panels being installed on the bridge - reinforcement bars used to stop uplift (not sure they are really needed)
Side trimmer beam installed with trimmer beams running off onto the abutment.
SGB Harsco - multiforms built up by in the Yard and set up ready fro lifting - moved by site Hiab.
EMJ - GRP panels being cut to size to fit the gaps at the end of the deck.
Corner Multiforms erected on the corners during normal working.
During possession the multiforms for the bridge deck were erected along the outside of the bridge.
Muliforms set up on the West side viewed from Hunslet Moor bridge.
View on the bridge with GRP installed and multiforms in place.
Bearings on the abutments first stage grouted with the legs fixed in place - red transit bolts removed.
Girders being marked up for welded anchorages.
Welded anchorages to the steelwork to make fixing formwork simpler.
View on the bridge deck secondary support vertical curve being created (designers take note don't do this its a pain)
Secondary soffit plywood fixed - stee fixing in progress- note the edge set up bars.
Concrete diapraghm - rebar being set up on the deck end - Note the link directions following the girder alignment.
Concrete being placed by pump to the South diapraghm.
South diapraghm concrete cast and formwork stripped.
Work in progress to build the infill walls on the north abutment - Note the gabion baskets to reduce the backfill loading.
Links being set up on the bridge parapet - note the H4A blot clusters being fixed in the parapet.
South abutment wingwall - top extension steel reinforcement fixed and formwork set in place.
Bridge deck set up for casting - screed rails set up - Note the stop end.
H4a bolt cluster installed in the parapet.
Bridge deck being cast During normal working.
Bridge Cast - Parapet set up for casting - bolt sets hung.
Bridge parapet East being cast during normal working.
Bridge Parapet West set up for casting.
West parapet being cast with a concrete pump of the deck.
Stone infill wall being built by Alfred McAlpine operatives.
View on the West parapet of the bridge.
Backfill being placed to the South abutment ballast wall.
Parapet Muliforms removed during possession working.
Temporary works cantilever bracket system designed to take the corner soffit.
South deck ballast wall gallery - temporary works falsework being erected.
Gallery nib - deck reinforcement fixed.
Gallery soffit set up - steel being fixed to the deck corner.
Deck nib set up with upstand nib for expansion joint.
Ballast wall nib reinforcement being set up with the nib upstand.
Temporary works - RMD Parapet brakets set up with turnbuckle props.
End of the North deck formwork set up for casting.
South abutment - ballast walll deck nib cast - note the formwork in the joint polystrene.
Wingwall parapets set up for casting.
The final corner multiforms were removed once the parapets are cast - deck surface - pull off tests by stirling lloyd.
H4a parapets being erected by Varley and Gulliver.
Roto forklift being used to take down the corner multiforms.Surface preparation on the bridge deck.
Spray waterproofing being applied to the back of the ballast wall and bridge deck
Red sand carpet being placed on the deck - note the timbers glued to the deck to form a channel for the Honel drains.
Enviro kerbs being installed on the deck by J Edwards. Note the levels set with hilti nails on blocks.
Enviro kerbs set up on the approach to the bridge.
Envrio kerbs set up over the deck - bedded on sand cement screed.
Honel drain installed along the front of the enviro kerbs.
Footpath infilled with concrete.
Surfacing being placed on the deck - Note the surfacing is laid over the top of timbers installed in the joint.
Surfacing laid on the bridge deck - footpaths concreted.
USL cutting the bridge wearing course to install the bridge joints - the timbers previously installed reduce the break out and debond the black top form the concrete on the joint.
North abutment saw cut and deck cut out with membrane glued in place.
Bridge expansion joint being installed - USL installing the joint in sections.
View on the drainage channel deck joint detail - showing the carrier rails angled up over the drain.
Britflex mortar installed aross the bridge deck.
V&G installing straight rails on the radius (you can do this but it was at the limit in this case).
Bridge expanasion joint crossing over the deck drainage - not an ideal design due to the high squew.
Rubbers installed on the bridge deck - parapets being finished off.
Bridge parapets and Safety barriers being connected up - Footpath being infilled and levelled.
Safety barrier installed on the approach to the deck - mini paver being used to black the footpaths.
Parapets being grouted and black top laid on the footpaths.
Parapets sheeted in and the deck opened to traffic - vario guard set up aross the deck.
View on the bridge deck west parapet.
Bridge open to traffic with phase II works nearing completion.
The full interchange at Junction 4 Completed and fully open to traffic.
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