Piecing viaduct together
WORK is underway to assemble HS2’s Thame Valley Viaduct – all the major elements of which are being manufactured off-site. Pacadar UK’s Isle of Grain factory in Kent is producing a total of 68 concrete piers for the 880 metre-long (962 yard) bridge, which will cross the flood plain of the River Thame near Aylesbury. The first 14 piers had been lifted into position on top of their foundations by late June.