Crossing gives Shoreditch another string to its bow

02 April 2008

Britain’s biggest mobile crane lifted and lowered into place a massive 350t bridge over Shoreditch High Street, London, last weekend.

The bridge will carry the East London Railway over the busy City thoroughfare when work to extend the line is completed. The full operation to secure the bridge in position lasted the entire weekend. The bow-string bridge was constructed just yards from where it was manoeuvred into position.

Transport for London project manager, Brian Noble, said ahead of the lift: ‘I’ve been in this business a good many years and have led a fair few extraordinary projects, but lifting this bridge in really was something to behold.

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