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Britain gets its new longest rail bridge in major HS2 milestone

Contractors building a new viaduct for HS2 today made history as they lowered into place its final deck segment in an operation that crowns it as Britain’s new longest rail bridge. The gently-curved 3.4 kilometre (2.1 mile) long structure on London’s north-western edge stretches across the Colne Valley near the M25 motorway and the village of Denham. It will carry high speed trains running to and from the capital at speeds of up to 320km/h (200mph). The viaduct’s completion means that the 3.3km Tay Bridge linking Fife and Dundee has finally ceded the crown of Britain’s longest rail bridge to HS2, a record it had held since 1887. The Colne Valley viaduct’s construction is being managed by the main works contractor Align JV – a team consisting of Bouygues Travaux Publics, Sir Robert McAlpine and VolkerFitzpatrick. It is one of 500 bridging structures on the HS2 project which also include footbridges, drainage culverts and innovative 'green bridges' for wildlife. Building work on the viaduct’s deck began in May 2022. Over the following 28 months a dedicated team of highly-skilled engineers used a massive launching girder to lower into place the bridge’s 1,000 uniquely-shaped deck segments. Follow us on social media: Twitter:   / hs2ltd   Instagram:   / hs2ltd   Facebook:   / hs2ltd   LinkedIn:   / high-speed-two-hs2-ltd   00:00 Intro 00:11 Celebrating the final viaduct deck instalment 00:30 The longest rail bridge in the UK 00:53 Key stats 01:30 Internationally significant 02:10 What's next? 02:42 Reflection on what is being built 03:17 Building more than a railway 03:39 Outro #HS2 #Construction If you have a question about HS2 or our works, please contact our HS2 Helpdesk team on 08081 434 434 or email hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk.