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View on the existing structure - Footbridge over the A1M in Fairburn Village.
View on the Footbridge looking North.
Bridge looking North - footbridge over the A1M.
View on the bridge looking towards the West ramps - Note the school playground.
View from the bridge deck looking down onto the nearby school and play ground.
West Abutment - Ramps next to a house.
Existing A1M closed to the general public along with side road to allow demolition to commence.
Scaffold Screen being put up to protect the local primary school from any flying debris produced during the demolition.
West abutment screen installed with debris netting allowed works to start on invetigation of the abutment deck connection detail.
View looking toward the West abutment - with the screen erected.
View on the abutment to deck connecetion with McAlloy bars.
Demolition day - Quigley crane erected ready for lifting. Holemasters breaking holes under the direction of Walter Forshaw ltd.
Brok breaking holes in the bridge deck for lifting chains.
Holes broken in the deck - rebar cut free to give a suitable hole for lifting - Note the Post tension sleeves either side of the hole.
Crane being rigged up ready for lifting.
The first lift was the central simply supported span located in half joints.
Lifting down the central span.
Crane lifting out the East span - crane holding the unit.
Brok breaking out the joint connection between the abutment and the deck.
East span being lifted down and landed on to a low loader.
East abutment ramps with the east span removed.
West Side span being set up for lifting. Centre span sat on the floor.
Holemasters breaking out the joint between the abutment and the deck.
Abutment deck and abutment being burnt free by WFL.
West side span lifted free - the connection pin on the pier being cut with burning gear.
West side span being lifted down to the ground.
View on the deck end connection detail - note the back to back channels cast into the deck end to take the connecting bolts.
Holemasters - Brok on the ramps breaking down the ramps.
Brok progressing along the Ramp breaking down the ramps.
West abutment Ramps broken down to ground level.
East AButment broken down with machines and shears.
West abutment being cleared up by WFL.
Central span broken up - note the steel ducting carrying the tendons.
West abutment clear up complete - side screen removed - this area is likely to become a garden.
Bridge being broken up and removed from site - burning gear required to cut up the tendons.
East abutment cleared of material rubble reinforcement etc
Side span set aside - this section of deck was later blown up as a test on the explosives for Project No 5 Micklefield Railway Bridge.
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