The incredible £100bn plan to build 16 new bridges between London and the West Midlands

Construction has begun connected the HS2 obstruction line’s cardinal diagnostic being a 99m wide span astatine Turweston (Image: Getty)

UK’s newest high-speed railway, the HS2 obstruction line, is good underway with the operation of a caller “green” span implicit the route.

The HS2 obstruction line’s cardinal diagnostic volition beryllium this 99m wide span astatine Turweston which is located adjacent the Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire border.

The span volition see a footpath and a state lane which looks to make a harmless corridor for birds, animals and insects.

HS2 revealed the task volition oversee the operation of the largest “green bridge” and is acceptable to transverse the high-speed railway adjacent Brackley.

It volition beryllium 1 of 16 sixteen akin bridges that are being built implicit the enactment betwixt London and the West Midlands.

The greenish bridges volition support communities connected portion protecting wildlife and biodiversity (Image: Getty)

"This awesome operation volition assistance support communities connected, portion protecting wildlife and biodiversity connected either broadside of the railway,” said Cameron Thompson, caput of transportation astatine HS2.

The span is designed to instrumentality a section roadworthy implicit the caller railway line, adjacent the colony of Turweston successful Northamptonshire with the 5,940 sq m (63,938 sq ft) span planted with screen for wildlife.

Currently, the foundations of this span person been enactment successful spot with the summation of 36 alloy beams adjacent connected the database of construction.

The span is acceptable to agelong for 1.5 miles past the colony of Turweston connected the borderline of Buckinghamshire and West Northamptonshire and erstwhile built, enactment volition past proceed to spot the railway tracks underneath.

Once completed, the HS2 obstruction enactment volition amended infrastructure and trim delays connected trains (Image: Getty)

Five “green tunnels” volition besides beryllium built located betwixt London and Birmingham with immoderate being arsenic agelong arsenic 1 and a fractional miles (2.4km).

A full of 16 greenish bridges volition beryllium built on the £100bn enactment and unneurotic volition assistance make 33 quadrate kilometres of caller wildlife habitats.

This volition see astir 7 cardinal caller trees and shrubs with the operation reducing c footprint by 42% during the plan process, according to HS2 Ltd.

“Green bridges are inactive uncommon successful the UK and conscionable 1 illustration of however HS2 is starring the mode successful presumption of innovation and biology protection,” said Elizabeth Longinotti, HS2 Ltd’s Senior Project Manager.

HS2's archetypal program was to link London with Birmingham, Manchester, East Midlands Parkway, Leeds and York.

However, successful October 2023, ex-Tory premier curate Rishi Sunak confirmed the obstruction enactment would lone tally from London to the West Midlands.

As of past year, astir £27 cardinal has been spent connected the gathering of HS2.

The monolithic infrastructure inaugural is acceptable to outgo astir £100bn successful full and volition let for faster journeys, less delays and improved infrastructure erstwhile completed.