Kingmoor Railway Bridge and the River Eden Bridge

Kingmoor Railway Bridge

The new road will cross over the West Coast Main Line and three other railway lines on a four-span, steel composite bridge at Kingmoor.

The existing rail bridge was demolished during a pre-planned closure of the railway during Christmas 2009. Before this happened, a temporary single lane bridge, with a speed limit of 20mph, was erected (in September 2009). Work on the temporary bridge began in July 2009. 

Follow this link to view a gallery of images taken during the demolition and construction of Kingmoor Railway Bridge.

River Eden Bridge

A new two-span, steel and concrete bridge has been constructed over the River Eden, near Stainton. The steel will be painted to enable the bridge to blend into its environment. The bridge will be near the line of Hadrian’s Wall, at a point where the wall had previously been disturbed. The Department of Culture, Media and Sport has given permission to excavate a section of the wall.

A new two span composite steel and concrete bridge has been constructed over the River Eden near Stainton.  Due to the high ecological significance of the River Eden special care was taken not to cause any disturbance, this included the use of quoter rotary bored pile foundations, as opposed to driven piles, to form a suitable bearing platform. on which to support the heavy structure above.  Special "weathering" steel was used for the beams which does not require maintenance and the outer beams were pointed to blend into the surroundings.

The steelwork was fabricated in the North East before being transported by road to Carlisle in sections.  Assembly of the beams took place on bother banks of the river and a massive 1200 tonne crane was employed to lift the steelwork into place.  The beams were temporarily joined together in mid air over the river whilst the final connection welds were completed.  Natural sandstone cladding has been used to face the supports to help it "fit" into the beautiful landscape.

Follow this link to view a gallery of images taken during the construction of the River Eden Bridge.