A new railway bridge supporting a four-way roundabout above the West Coast Main Line in Stockport has reopened after a year-long overhaul. Traffic restrictions were lifted on the evening of Friday 27 March at around 8pm.<\/p>\n
Network Rail has invested \u00a320 million completely replacing Greek Street bridge to secure both the road above and railway below for the next 120 years.<\/p>\n
Last August the former 67-year-old structure was removed and replaced with a new bridge comprised of 51 structural elements \u2013 all lifted in by crane during a 21-day railway closure.<\/p>\n
Since then work to reinstate the carriageway, buried utilities like drainage, power cables and gas and water mains has taken place.<\/p>\n
On the eve of the reopening, local schoolchildren from St Matthew’s and Our Lady’s were given special road safety lessons now the road network will become much busier around their school.<\/p>\n
Local business owners impacted by the essential upgrade also had the chance to meet the project team from contractor Murphy and Network Rail.<\/p>\n