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• Giant piers completed for the 150-metre-long HS2 superstructure which will take high-speed trains in and out of Birmingham.
• Dubbed the “Bellingham Bridge” by the HS2 team after England footballer Jude Bellingham – the bridge is designed to celebrate the area’s industrial heritage and make a striking addition to the city’s skyline.
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• Huge excavation operation of 22 metre deep tunnel portal prepares the gateway for high speed trains into Birmingham
• The first 1,600 tonne tunnelling machine will break through the portal wall later this year
• View and download photos here, B-roll drone video here, Depot and Control Centre CGIs here

• View and embed a new timelapse video showing engineers sliding the second part of the innovative carbon-saving ‘double-composite’ deck of the Wendover Dean Viaduct into position – over 20 hours on Wednesday 8^th and Saturday 11^th May 2024
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• New images released of the first completed sections of the viaduct that will bring high speed trains into Birmingham’s new Curzon Street station
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HS2 has released timelapse and drone footage showing contractors moving a 1,100 tonne composite viaduct into place over two M42/M6 link roads in North Warwickshire.

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• The 1,600 tonne tunnel boring machine has started digging the second bore of HS2’s Bromford Tunnel into Birmingham
• 10 apprentices have secured exciting jobs working on the 24/7 tunnelling operation
• Local school pupils have named the TBM ‘Elizabeth’ after Dame Elizabeth Cadbury
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