... Worcester 9°c. The dualling on this segment was then opened before Christmas. The new pedestrian/cycle ramp between Crookbarrow Way and the St Peter’s end of the Crookbarrow Way Footbridge will be open but will only be accessible from the bridleway link which will be signposted. The lift was scheduled on Saturday [October 24] but was cancelled due to high wind speeds. The bridge will span the A4440 Southern Link Road between the Ketch and Norton Roundabouts. To see engineering in action, take a look at this video of the full works that took place recently to extend the railway bridge over part of Worcester's Southern Link Road. Foundation work to start next week for new Carrington Bridge and viaduct Published Friday, 28th June 2019. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then please contact the editor here. We welcome this announcement of funding approval which paves the way for the final phase of the scheme to fully dual the Southern Link Road from the M5 to the Powick Roundabout. This progress is despite the challenges the scheme has faced over the last 12 months with extensive flooding and the pandemic. To enable the construction of the new bridge next to Carrington Bridge and the new viaduct, foundations need to be built. This mammoth scheme will see the dualling of the A4440 Southern Link Road between the M5 and Powick. The next step, once the span is in place, will involve over 100 five tonne concrete planks being laid to form the bridge deck where concrete is then poured to form a solid structure. Ground investigation and temporary removal of the viewing platform will also take place during the car park closure. On Wednesday 14 November it is planned to fully close Crookbarrow Way to traffic in both directions from 9pm to 6am the following morning, subject to weather conditions. Worcester. The huge steel girders - which are new to the UK but widely used across the rest of the world - are said to be more weather resistant. Although the road will remain open, those using this part of the network may experience slow traffic during Saturday afternoon as the haulage trucks deliver their important load. Worcester 12°c. The road will be closed at the following times while work takes place overhead. This will also necessitate the closure of the Ketch Viewpoint Car Park and the viewing platform from the 11th February 2019. Since the railway bridge extension was moved into place earlier this year and the final checks on the bridge were completed, Worcestershire County Council's contractors have been constructing two completely new west bound lanes that will run under the bridge. A Gannett Company. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. “I’m really looking forward to seeing this seminal work take shape over the coming weeks.”. UPTON BRIDGE. Work to double the width of the Carrington Bridge over the River Severn in Worcester takes a big step forward over the coming weeks. These bridge widening works are part of the fourth and final phase of Worcestershire County Council’s scheme to fully dual the A4440 Southern Link Road (SLR) from Junction 7 of the M5 to the Powick Roundabout. A brand new walking and cycling bridge is due to be lifted into place next weekend over a section of Worcester’s Southern Link Road. A separate diversion will be signposted for high-sided vehicles. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. The frame that will form the main bridge will be constructed in sections onsite before being lifted into place over a number of weeks. For the County Council to move forward with this, Western Power Distribution (WPD) needs to relocate one of their pylons which is next to the existing road. Get involved with the news in your community, This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Editors' Code of Practice. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. / Register, Household Recycling Centres (HRCs) to stay open during new national lockdown (Alert 2 of 2), Major Infrastructure and Improvement Schemes, The A4440 Worcester Southern Link Road Improvements, the dedicated Southern Link Road pages of the County Council website, Birth, Death, Marriage, Civil Partnership and Citizenship, Council, Democracy and Councillor Information. At the end of May, the 1,500 tonne bridge will be manoeuvred into place using specialist equipment. This bridge will provide a link between the two halves of Upper Battenhall Farm on either side of the carriageway. For the full story, please read: Worcestershire's newest footbridge now open. Once that is completed in the next few weeks, they will begin work to dual the road between Whittington and Norton roundabouts which is scheduled to be completed by Spring 2019. The huge steel girders - which are new to the UK but widely used across the rest of the world - are said to be more weather resistant. There will be a diversion in place that takes traffic down London Road and up Bath Road to the Ketch Roundabout. All content © 2020 Worcestershire County Council. CARRINGTON BRIDGE. A diversion route will be signposted and signs with advanced warning of the closure will be on site. Work has already taken place with the two huge concrete bridge piers and two supports - which the steel span will sit on - put in place earlier this year. Read the full story dualling of the southern link road takes another giant step forward. "The work on extending the bridge was an extremely important part of our wider project to ensure the A4440 Worcester Southern Link Road is fit for the future by dualling from the M5 to Powick Roundabout”. Councillor Ken Pollock, Worcestershire County Council's Cabinet Member with Responsibility for Economy and Infrastructure, said: “It’s good to see yet another phase of work starting that will move us closer to completion of the dualling between the M5 and Powick roundabout.
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