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    M6 rail bridge demolition in 55 hours: staging and safety notes for engineers

    January 5, 2026|

    Reviewed by Joe Ashwell

    M6 rail bridge demolition in 55 hours: staging and safety notes for engineers

    First reported on New Civil Engineer

    30 Second Briefing

    Demolition of a major West Coast Main Line rail bridge over the M6 near Penrith was completed within a 55-hour full motorway closure, clearing the span and piers above live carriageways under tightly controlled possession. Network Rail’s team used high-reach excavators and staged deck removal to avoid damage to the motorway pavement and central reserve, with debris processing kept within the closed section. The work enables installation of a replacement bridge next weekend, with geometry and clearances to current rail and motorway standards.

    Technical Brief

    • Demolition sequencing was planned to maintain track formation stability and protect adjacent WCML assets and signalling.
    • Temporary works design would have included crash decks, containment and exclusion zones to CDM and NR standards.
    • High-reach excavator operations required continuous plant–people separation, banksmen control and strict lifting plans.
    • Night-time working and motorway closure imposed additional lighting, noise and traffic management safety controls.
    • Debris handling and processing within the closure minimised foreign object risk to both rail and motorway corridors.
    • Replacement bridge installation within a week demands pre-fabrication, trial assembly and rigorous possession contingency planning.
    • Similar rail-over-motorway interventions increasingly rely on short, intensive blockades to reduce cumulative exposure hours.

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    Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.

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