Design and construction of Shoreditch High Street Bridge, UK Available to Purchase

The £500 million East London railway works contract in the UK includes the design and construction of a series of underline bridge structures, carrying the upgraded and extended railway between the refurbished Kingsland viaduct at its northern end and the former Great Eastern railway. One of these is Shoreditch High Street Bridge, a bowstring arch bridge forming a landmark where a new section of the railway crosses Shoreditch High Street just north-east of the City of London. It is an unusual form of railway bridge, chosen primarily for its appearance, having solid round bar hangers and no bracing between arch ribs above deck level. The East London railway Balfour Beatty–Carillion joint venture directed the design and constructed the bridge, while the bridge design was undertaken by URS. This paper describes the design and construction of Shoreditch High Street Bridge, highlighting some of the more unusual features.