Shirley bridge under reconstruction

Network Rail engineers are currently rebuilding a worn-out road bridge next to Shirley railway station.

The bridge over the railway on Haslucks Green Road, a main bus route, is over 100 years old.

If the bridge is not rebuilt buses will have to stop going over it – Network Rail has said it is keen to avoid this.

Dom Mottram, scheme project manager, said: “We’re reconstructing the bridge at the end of Shirley station as it has come to the end of its working life.

“There’s never an ideal time to do this kind of work but it has to be done.”

Work requiring traffic management started on the 13th August and will continue until the end of September.

The road will be completely closed to traffic from Saturday 1st October until Friday 11th November as work takes place to replace the bridge.

During this time motorists and cyclists will be diverted via another road route.

A temporary footbridge will be in place to ensure pedestrians have continued access across the railway.

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