HS2 construction prepares for M6 'viaduct slide'
HS2Work is under way to install twin bridges carrying the HS2 railway over the M6.
The structures will be assembled across the motorway near Birmingham Airport and Chelmsley Wood.
Motorists can expect road closures as the first part is slid into place during the weekend of 7-8 June.
Liam Kenney, HS2 Ltd's Senior Project Manager said: "It's great to see the first section of the M6 viaducts coming together."
The viaducts are being constructed to one side of the motorway, then slid into place to cut the duration of road closures.
The next section of the London-bound route to be put in place, over the M6-M42 link road, will come during further weekend closures.
A parallel viaduct carrying Birmingham-bound trains will be put in place in a similar operation next year.
More than 200 major bridges and viaducts are being built as part of the HS2 project.
The project was originally designed to facilitate high-speed rail journeys between London and northern England, but the high cost resulted in the previous Conservative government scrapping the route north of Birmingham.
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