HS2 slides a 450m long bridge across the Wendover Dean viaduct

A new railway viaduct has been completed just outside London, as part of the HS2 railway passing near Wendover.
Aerial image of completion of 8 month Wendover Dean Viaduct deck slide August 2024 (c) HS2
The Wendover Dean Viaduct passes over a wide valley just south of Wendover and was constructed by building a series of piers first, then sliding the bridge – all 3,700 tonnes of it – onto the piers from the northern end.
The deck of the Wendover Dean Viaduct – which stretches fo