Bar Hill Cambridge UK, 2018-September -13. The £1.5bn A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme includes a major new bypass to the south of Huntingdon and upgrades to 21 miles of the A14.Work officially started in November 2016 and the new road is expected to open to traffic by the end of 2020. The A14 will close in both directions for four days next week while engineers install two new bridges at Bar Hill. To enable the A14 to keep tra Credit: kevin Hodgson/Alamy Live News
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Bar Hill Cambridge UK, 2018-September -13. The £1.5bn A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme includes a major new bypass to the south of Huntingdon and upgrades to 21 miles of the A14.Work officially started in November 2016 and the new road is expected to open to traffic by the end of 2020. The A14 will close in both directions for four days next week while engineers install two new bridges at Bar Hill. Highways England is installing two new pre-constructed 1, 000 tonne, 44 metre bridge decks, replacing the old bridge which is set to be demolished in 2019. To enable the A14 to keep traffic flowing with minimal disruption the two 1, 000 ton Bridges have been built by the ide of the A14. Then for only the second time in the UK for this manoeuvre the bridges will be wheeled into place. They have built four abutments to support the new bridges as well as two bridge decks at the side of the live carriageway, and are now ready to wheel the bridges decks, each measuring 44 metres, into place on top of the abutments. The innovative engineering work take place from 9pm on Friday September 14 until 6am on Monday September 17 at junction 29, as part of the 21-mile improvement programme between Cambridge and Huntingdon. The closures are essential to allow a massive remote controlled, self-propelled modular transporter (SPMT) to negotiate both carriageways and lift sections of the new bridge into place. A base layer of tarmac will also be laid at the site to enable the vehicle to safely complete its journey. David Bray, project director for the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon upgrade at Highways England, said: Redesigning and building the Bar Hill junction was identified from the start of the project as one of the main challenges we would have to tackle. I am delighted that we’ve found a way to build the two bridges while keeping the A14 open as much as possible and disruption for people locally and road users to a minimum. And I am also excited that we’re using such an