Balfour Beatty has initiated the construction of the Clearmount footbridge near M25 Junction 10. The footbridge, once completed, will provide a safe passage for pedestrians, cyclists, and horse-riders over one of the UK's busiest motorways, with over 300,000 vehicles expected to travel under the bridge each day. The new steel structure will connect communities between the A3 Ockham Park Junction and Wisley Lane as part of National Highway's M25 J10 three-year project.
The trestles and steel beams supporting the footbridge were delivered to Buxton Wood near the site and assembled offsite. Balfour Beatty experts will now commence the complex assembly of the footbridge while minimizing disruption to the traveling public wherever possible. Once installed, the bridge will be 61 meters long, 4.3 meters wide, 2.6 meters high, and weigh over 130 tonnes.
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