“The pigsty structure, which is making sure the two spans don’t sag any further or collapse into the river, was in place on Friday night. This was an important milestone to ensure safety.”
Lovatt added that over the weekend workers began using a 250-tonne crane to push four steel caissons deep into the riverbed to form the supports of the temporary pier.
“With this work now complete our next step over the coming days is to lift the sagging spans and slide in a large cross bar (cross head) that will rest on the caissons and keep the bridge up. This will then be welded into place,” he said.