Crossing the Colne Valley
700-tonne machine begins deck construction on the UK’s longest railway bridge.
An aerial view of the HS2 route across the future Colne Valley Viaduct, with construction beginning at the end of the embankment on the right and running across to the left.
PHIL MARSH
DECK segments for what will become the UK’s longest railway bridge are being lifted into place by a 700-tonne launching girder.