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Keel River Crossing
- Client
- Keel County Council
- Size
- 212 m span
- On site
- January 2022 to September 2023
- Status
- Handed over
The job
A twin concrete road bridge, poured from both banks without closing the river.
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Keel River Crossing
- Client
- Keel County Council
- Architect
- Arden Vey Engineers
- Structural engineer
- Arden Vey Engineers
- Main contractor
- Sitework
- Site manager
- Adaeze Morrow
- Start
- January 2022
- Completion
- September 2023
- Scope
- 2 decks, 212 m span
- Contract value
- £38 M
+44 20 7946 0412Handed over
How we built it
The river stays open to boats all year, so nothing could stand in the water for long. We built the piers inside cofferdams in the dry summer months and cantilevered the decks out from both banks, segment by segment.
The two halves met in the middle eleven millimetres apart, inside the tolerance the engineers asked for. The first car drove across three weeks early.
Site diary
- Jan 2022Site compounds on both banks
- Jul 2022Piers built inside summer cofferdams
- Mar 2023Decks cantilevered out, segment by segment
- Jun 2023Halves joined at mid-span
- Sep 2023Bridge open to traffic
