AN UPDATE on the progress so far and next phase of the £23 million replacement of a motorway bridge in Denton will be given at an information event this weekend.
The scheme to install a new St Anne’s Road bridge on the M67 started in January last year and is set to take three years.
Most recently, the bridge deck, on which vehicles run, was demolished and the upper section of the abutment walls – the supporting structures on either side of the bridge – were removed.
Back in February, two huge steel beams, weighing a combined 97 tonnes and carrying vital utility services to households across Greater Manchester, were installed.
Work to build the new bridge will start next year, says National Highways.
The government company responsible for the country’s motorways and main A roads has been working with partners Tilbury Douglas to deliver the bridge.
Representatives from the team will be at the information event this Saturday, November 23, at St Anne’s Church – on St Anne’s Road in Haughton – from 10am to 4pm.
Tea and coffee will be available and there will also be a ‘guess the name of the bear’ competition for children, with an opportunity to win a cuddly toy bear.
Mangat Bansal, National Highways’ Programme Delivery Manager, said: “Our programme of works to deliver the replacement bridge have gone extremely well.
“We are looking forward to meeting with residents again to share what we’ve done and explain the next phase, which is coming in the new year.”