A challenge to boost the peak of a railway bridge mentioned to have had “extra hits than The Beatles” has been recognised with a prestigious business award.
Bellside Bridge in North Lanarkshire was the scene of so many accidents it was mentioned to have extra hits than the Fab 4.
The outdated bridge was hit by autos, primarily lorries, extra instances than every other in Scotland, and was the seventh most struck within the UK.
Within the 10 years previous to the important work being carried out, there have been 56 strike incidents on the bridge.
The bridge carries the Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley trains through Shotts line over Carlisle Highway.
The incidents led to pressing repairs having to be carried out and practice and street journey disruption. There was usually disruption to site visitors by means of the village of Cleland.
The low bridge was eliminated final October and changed with a brand new one with a clearance of over 5.2 metres and the challenge scooped the Infrastructure Award for Rail at this 12 months’s Civil Engineering Contractors Affiliation (CECA) Scotland awards.
The challenge by North Lanarkshire Council and Community Rail to boost the peak of the rail bridge over the A73 was years within the making and was a part of a marketing campaign from native Labour councillor Louise Roarty.
Councillor Roarty mentioned: “I used to be backwards and forwards in conversations with Community Rail for various years who had incessantly advised me that there was nothing that may very well be executed to boost the bridge’s top.
“I used to be so delighted that after years of laborious work we had been in a position to get the bridge raised. This has made such an enormous distinction to my constituents in Cleland.”
In August final 12 months, Community Rail, Story Contracting and designer AECOM launched into an eight week programme to exchange the bridge with a thinner one, which allowed elevated headroom for bigger autos.
Fellow Labour Councillor Helen Loughran, Convener of the Atmosphere and Local weather Change Committee at North Lanarkshire Council, added: “Elevating the peak of the deck at Bellside Bridge was a fancy challenge for the council and Community Rail, which has delivered important street security enhancements for residents and companies in Cleland and past.
“Congratulations to everybody concerned on this partnership challenge.”
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