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Case Study: Newark Dyke Replacement Rail Bridge

In a partnership agreement, Cleveland Bridge and the Main Contractor along with the Client, Railtrack, have replaced the existing East Coast Main Line twin steel bridges spanning the navigable waterway of the River Trent with a new steel tied arch bridge spanning 77m, designed for 140 M.P.H. trains.

 
QE II Bridge, England

Newark Dyke Possession

The Contract was completed on an extremely restrictive site, with disruption to the East Coast Main Line limited to a 76-hour rail possession, and disruption to water traffic limited to a 36-hour river possession.

Within the partnership, Cleveland Bridge -

  • Provided the design of the new superstructure using UK consultants
  • Designed and engineered the slide out scheme for the existing bridges
  • Designed and engineered the slide in scheme for the replacement bridge
  • Supplied the new bridge superstructure and the slide out/in temporary steelwork fabricated at the Darlington Factory
  • Completed a full trial erection in the Darlington Factory, of each 77m long tied arch bridge truss
  • Erected the new bridge superstructure and all associated temporary works
  • Provided the engineering and co-ordinated planning to facilitate the slide out of the existing 80m span bridges and the slide in of the replacement bridge during the critical possession
 
 
Short & Medium Span Bridges