Bridge 37 makes progress. Here are some more recent pictures of repairs to the 4 wing walls that were damaged.

This is the down side wing wall at the Cheltenham end,before work started.

And after work pointing and re-seating and at the ends, replacing the coping stones was completed.

Looks like new! Good for many more years now.

These are pictures of the down side opposite.

Again, a case of re-siting the copers and making good loose brickwork.

Despite several spells of bad weather the brick wing wall repairs & pointing works continue pretty well. As readers may know laying dense “Blue” engineering bricks cannot be rushed, especially when the weather is damp and there is no sun to help dry the bricks or the mortar. Having to lay them at a slope of 1 in 6 to the vertical is also a tricky job and slows the rate of progress.

 

This pictures shows the slope in question quite well. Yopu can see how the wall leans back into the infill.

This is the up side, at the Cheltenham end.

A little while later and we can see more wall rebuilt, and drainage pipes inserted to relieve the pressure from behind.

 

This one shows the same up side, but on the opposite wing wall, at the Broadway end.

A few days later, and the Broadway up side wing wall is almost finished. Replacement copers are being mortared on here. Note the hollow underneath, to help hold them on the mortar.

Still to go on is the large block on the end. It weighs 70 Kg, so the builders want to let the mortar in the brickwork underneath go off a bit more, before heaving that on.