HS2 Construction near Brackley, the Turweston Green Bridge, a waste of money?

Bridges like this are why HS2 is massively overbudget! The 99m Green Bridge will carry a bridleway over the railway, this bridge seems more and more crazy as it is developed. For a single carriageway, the bridge is wider than the nearby dual carriageway.

[@barrypickles6546]

I can see why you may need to put a wide bridge in for the road, future proof for a dual carriageway with shoulders, nature route, bridal way, farmers bridge and local road and foot connections, after all it will not be that much more expensive, but isnt it a bit wide for 2 strips of railway? I think that we could have tunnelled from london to glasgow for less than 100bn

[@RickD62]

Its 1/2 bridge 1/2 cutting that why the bridge has such a long span, its the width thats rediculous

[@Paul_707]

It allows for a junction of 4 roads and a track all meeting on a bend in the min road, all retaining their existing alignments, and also providing a ‘green bridge’ space alongside separate to the roads for wildlife. I don’t know how you force the wildlife to use the green bridge, perhaps they’re all being briefed separately… 😂

[@andyb3712]

clickbait nonsense: it's future proofing, and not for just decades. This is the standard you build to. Next >>>

[@masekwm]

Future proofing? That is not what HS2 say about it, it is going to be landscaped. Compare the width of the bridge with the vehicles under it, it is a massive structure.

[@RickD62]

Future proofing is building something twice the width needed, even a very good bridleway is 6m wide, this is 99m, 15 times the width needed!