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• HS2 engineers have moved a 1,631 tonne steel bridge into place over Lawley Middleway in Birmingham four days ahead of schedule
• This is the next step in building the one mile stretch of five connected viaducts bringing high-speed trains into Birmingham Curzon Street Station
• View and embed new HS2 video of the bridge move
• Photos can be downloaded here: HS2 News and Information - Media gallery

• A steel bridge weighing 1,631 tonnes is ready to be moved into place over Lawley Middleway in Birmingham
• The 112m long structure will be moved during night-time operations
• The section will form part of the one mile stretch of five connected viaducts bringing high-speed trains into Curzon Street Station

HS2 Ltd Chief Executive Mark Wild today issued a rallying cry to the property sector to capitalise on the huge investment opportunities being generated by the project.

• Major construction milestone as HS2 completes the first section of the 3.5-mile Bromford Tunnel linking Warwickshire and Birmingham
• Tunnel boring machine, Mary Ann, travelled under the region’s motorway network, watercourses and key National Grid infrastructure without disruption
• Specialist tunnelling teams spent 652 days and nights working underground to complete the mission
• Photographs capture the breakthrough moment https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/midlands-tunnels-and-cuttings/bromford-tunnel/mary-ann-breakthrough-may-2025
• Striking new images show the team at work underground https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/midlands-tunnels-and-cuttings/bromford-tunnel/bromford-tunnelling-heroes 

• Civil engineering specialist MPB Structures will build the substructure for HS2’s flagship station in Birmingham
• A team of around 140 people will start delivering the works in early 2025
• Training and jobs will be available for local people

• Figures show progress made on tunnelling, viaducts and earthworks as construction advances on 140-mile route 
• HS2 Ltd’s new Chief Executive prepares for a "fundamental reset” of the programme to address its serious cost challenges
• Significant year ahead for HS2 – including completion of two more twin-bore tunnels – just as Britain prepares to mark bicentenary of the railways
• Downloadable images of the railway's construction available on HS2 Ltd's website