Welcome to the latest bridge bulletin for the end of July/beginning of August!

What’s going on down at the riverside as part of our Transforming Cities funded project to create a new walking and cycling bridge over the river Trent at Trent Basin?

• piling works have been ongoing to create the foundation for the bridge structure and its ramps
• a temporary sheet pile has been added adjacent to the river edge to hold the bank in place
• a platform has been created to hold the crane that will lift the bridge into place over the river this November

Meanwhile, at Briton’s in Hucknall, where the bridge has been being constructed using British steel, the bridge structure left site in sections with a police escort to go to a specialist yard to be painted. It will return to Nottingham later this month to be re-assembled at the riverside before a giant crane lifts it into place this autumn.

Interested in knowing how the bridge will be built and lifted into place? This animation gives you insight into what will be happening day by day, as well as showing how the bridge will be lifted into place and how it will look once it is all complete.