A3 in Surrey to close for footbridge installation
The footbridge will be delivered to the site in four sections in four different lorries on Friday night.On Saturday, the four sections will be bolted together and then lifted into place on Sunday morning.Redhill Footbridge is the last one of the eight bridges to be built as part of a scheme, National Highways said.The bridge was built in Hythe, Kent, by NuSteel.
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