HS2 starts 700m final Birmingham viaduct launch

HS2 has started launching the final and longest viaduct on the challenging approach to Birmingham Curzon Street station.
Balfour Beatty Vinci has just pushed the first 170m section of the 700m-long Duddeston Junction Viaduct over two busy freight lines.
The move marks the start of a major engineering operation to span six live tracks, including three freight and three passenger lines.Work to complete the crossing is due to run until next summer, with the next launch phase over the passenger rail