HS2: Installation of future-proofed road bridge completed

The first of 24 new bridges and conduits needed to span the HS2 railway line just to the north of Aylesbury has been installed, with enough space for a second railway to be built alongside it.
The double-width bridge will be needed because the HS2 railway north of Aylesbury runs for several miles alongside the former Great Central Railway. The latter closed to passengers in the 1960s, although a single track was retained for local freight traffic.
As part of the construction work, the old railwa