A video animation shows the scale of the major operation to lift 44m-long steel bridge beams into place across the M6 in the West Midlands
The M6 will be closed in both directions at junction 10 on the weekend of 16 to 19 July to enable the beams to be put in place, creating a new bridge over the motorway.
The work marks a significant milestone in the £78 million transformation of the Walsall junction which will replace the 50-year-old bridges currently in place across the M6 and double the number of lanes around the junction from two to four.
A video animation shows the work that will take place which involves a 50m-high crane dropping the 130-tonne beams into place to help form the new north bridge.
Highways England and Walsall Council, supported by the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership, have joined forces to fund the congestion-busting upgrade. Contractor John Sisk & Son is carrying out the work.
Both carriageways of the motorway will be closed from 8pm on Friday 16 July until 6am on Monday 19 July while the beam lift takes place to ensure the safety of workers and road users.
There will be an ‘up and over’ diversion for traffic which will leave the motorway at junction 10, travel over the roundabout and then re-join the M6 on the other side.
The work was due to place at the beginning of July but was postponed due to unforeseen circumstances impacting on the delivery of the beams.