Pictures as Station Road, Cross Gates rail bridge completed after seven-month rebuild
Work to replace a historic railway bridge in Leeds has been completed on schedule.
Station Road bridge, which is built over Cross Gates railway station, was demolished and rebuilt as part of a seven month plan to replace the existing 190-year-old bridge.
Part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), the bridge is being reconstructed to accommodate the overhead line equipment (OLE), which will be used to power electric trains on the route, which connects Manchester, Leeds and York, in the future.
A spokesperson for Network Rail has now confirmed to the Yorkshire Evening Post that all work on the bridge has been “finished safely and on time as planned.” All traffic disruption has now been lifted and buses returned to a normal route.
In the seven months from March 31 to November 25, the southbound carriageway of Station Road across the railway bridge was closed.
Originally built between 1830 and 1834, Station Road rail bridge was widened in 1936 and again in 1953. Pictures taken by the YEP, show the completed bridge.