A quick wander up the line by John, our structures engineer, has found the following situation at lunchtime today:

Bridge 5, Little Buckland

After filling in with concrete on Monday, the Cheltenham end abutment shuttering to the 2^nd lift of concrete has been removed and the space behind has been partly back filled:

At the Broadway end the first concrete pour behind the wing wall and to the stepped foundation under the north west wing wall was completed. Setting out for the sloping second stage shuttering, to form the sloping wing wall concrete backing, was just being started:
 

Up side wing wall, first stage of foundations at the back

Low level of the down side

The contractor hopes to achieve a further concrete pour on both ends next Monday (subject to concrete arriving, as promised!). It is very difficult to get materials at the drop of a hat at the moment, there is such a boom in the construction industry.

Bridge 3, Pry Lane

Brickwork pointing to both ends of the Broadway end abutment wall has been completed, and a few chipped bricks replaced on the downside end of the arch.

Arch repair

Pry Lane bridge, in pretty good condition really. Wing wall repair in the background.

Bridge 1, Broadway

The steelwork repairs are progressing well, with work alternating between working above deck on dry days and below deck during wet periods. A lot of heavy hammering could be heard throughout the day today. The badly distorted rail bearer repair is virtually completed (before & after photos below), as is that to a lesser affected one.

Repaired rail bearer

What it looked like before the repair

Perimeter repairs in progress

With dry weather today, efforts were being concentrated on fully welding around the perimeters of the plates tacked into place last week.

Welding the patches, as well as the rain strip to the end of the deck plate

 More updates as soon as we have something to report. It all seems to be going very well, thank you for supporting us !