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Beams installed on new viaduct for road extension

Danny FullbrookBedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire
News imageNational Highways An aerial view of a viaduct skeleton made of large orange beams stretches from a road and across a riverNational Highways
The National Highways scheme is costing about £1bn

Beams have been installed on a new viaduct that will extend a road across over the River Great Ouse.

The work is part of a National Highways project to build a 10-mile dual carriageway between the Black Cat roundabout in Bedfordshire, and the Caxton Gibbet roundabout in Cambridgeshire.

The road aims to reduce congestion on the busy A428 and it is due to open to drivers in spring 2027.

A 100-tonne crane lifted the 46.5m beams into place on the new 200-metre viaduct, which crosses the river and the Little Barford Road.

News imageNational Highways A construction site, lit at dusk, sits on the other side of a river as a large viaduct stretches partially over the waterNational Highways
National Highways said the road would be open to traffic in 2027

The whole project is expected to cost about £1bn, with it previously estimated to be costing £1m a day.

National Highways described the work on the viaduct as a "significant milestone".

News imageNational Highways A bright blue crane sits next to the viaduct while it's under constructionNational Highways
The beams were lifted into place using a large crane

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