Work to build a link road between Ilkeston and Awsworth in Derbyshire reached a milestone when six steel bridge beams were moved into place.
Derbyshire County Council is building the 800m road link from Rutland Street, in Ilkeston, to the A6096 Awsworth bypass.
Three bridges are being built to carry the road – one across the Erewash Canal, another over the River Erewash, and a third over a railway line, which was closed on Sunday morning while the 36m-long beams were lifted into place.
The project suffered a number of setbacks when Japanese knotweed was found on-site, together with a colony of great crested newts. Heavy flooding last summer also delayed the £12.4M scheme, expected to open in December.
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