Rickmansworth Met Rail Bridge Replacement Full Video 2016

Rickmansworth's Met Rail Bridge MR88 was replaced over the Easter Weekend 25-26-27 March 2014. This video shows the removal of the old bridge, the night movements to enable the new bridge (built in Victoria Place) to cross the A412 and its placement on the rebuilt abutments across Station Road Rickmansworth. Video 32 mins long. Thanks to John Lucy for backing track.

[@dwegmull]

This is a very well edited video: it's nice to see SPMTs moving at real speed, complete with sound. However, you kept it interesting by editing in some short sped up footage and cutting out repetitive segments. Thank you.

[@ThreeRiversMuseum]

David Wegmuller Thank you.

[@Ameuric99]

Great video! I wonder how much those bridge movers cost. I only wish at the very end they showed the finished product with ALL construction artifacts removed.

[@johnmoore8016]

Everyone done their job and it worked just fine from watching the video. Thanks for a very good video

[@paulbrownett3673]

Does make one smile a bit - when they originally built the bridge they did not have all that technology and equipment on site - no heavy lift - a few small cranes and a bunch of bricklayers.

[@tomatoes3]

Great skill by all .

[@Cockroach2008]

I wonder how you change one of those inside tires on that crawler? Especially deep inside the crawler like the 4th or 5th axel. A lot of crawling around I expect. Or raise the bed enough you can get through.

[@lesreed7943]

I imagine that pigeon thought "WTF"!

[@raynaldchatillon7826]

But did the pigeon get a new house.?

[@lesreed7943]

Nah, he was a squatter....

[@granskare]

I do like the term "close" for roads which end - in USA it is 'dead end' :) Is it best to do it this way or just tear it to bits in situ?

[@lesreed7943]

The video answers that, surely?

[@MrRajaabrar]

FANTASTIC

[@ingejohansson5814]

Abrar Malik

[@MrBook123456]

good video

[@freightuk]

Thanks for posting :)

[@albrathwaite7074]

The theme sound also very fantastic. ....who's the artists ? It has that Miles Davis touch! !!

[@LesMead]

Al Brathwaite The soundtrack is from a local songwriter, unfortunately not available. If you send me your email address I will send you an mp3. [e-mail]

[@turbopro10]

@@LesMead That's beautiful music. I needs me a copy too. In the description, it lists "John Lucy": how does one get John Lucy's music? Cheers

[@LesMead]

turbopro10 see above just email me.

[@ScottishNSRailFan]

Fascinating

[@Mike_5]

all that effort to get it in place and perfectly engineered and then it gets rammed by countless numbers of HGV drivers intent on completely ignoring the height restrictions

[@sylviaelse5086]

Loud noise, cutting torches, big objects moving, but nothing will deter pigeons.

[@mudodantas2173]

Sylvia Else ,

[@nicudanut3729]

Sylvia Els

[@akronymus]

@ Sylvia I wondered about this as well. Either they are super-cool or incredibly stupid.

[@TimvanderLeeuw]

All this effort to get the pigeons a new home ;-)

[@DirkGorgiel]

Funny, little tiny bridge. We in Germany widen the street, and they would widen the bridge, too, due to modern train traffic regulations.

[@darrenraymond5334]

hi great video what is the background music please its brilliant?

[@ThreeRiversMuseum]

+darren raymond ItsTrack 5 from 'Journeys Through Samsara' by local musician, John Lucy. Don't think it was ever released. Fits perfectly for this type of video I think.

[@darrenraymond5334]

+ThreeRiversMuseum many thanks nice video and background music keep it up

[@blokerama]

Hello Three Rivers Museum. I would like to buy a copy of this CD if possible. Do you have any information regarding who to contact? Thanks.

[@LesMead]

Didn’t like it then?

[@Joe90V]

I did. Thought it was an excellent video, expertly shot and edited. One of the best construction videos I've seen. Thanks for posting.

[@DrivermanO]

Interesting film. But two questions. Why did it need replacing? And why, at the end of the film, under the title "A new bridge for Rickmansworth", does it appear that the left hand abutment has removed the left-hand carriageway? - as evidenced by the offset white line in the road, and also the no entry sign very evident all through - because if the bridge is now one way, then I would have though that a new bridge should have restored the two-way working under the bridge!

[@LesMead]

DrivermanO the road markings are for a cycle way, it has been one way since the 50’s up towards the building, joining the left entering road moving right towards the Waitrose supermarket. The original bridge had become uneconomical to keep repairing, and a potential hazard. The side arched areas are for pedestrians.

[@sikkepossu]

(31:26) Is the new bridge sitting on a bunch of 2x4s attached with some PU-foam??! :D

[@oldwobble916]

Better late than never. The 2x4s are the formwork for the grout underpinning. The foam seals the gap between form and concrete, because the grout is very viscous, like yoghurt.

[@K1W1fly]

Needs more "supervisors" in Hi-Viz PPE....

[@Mrfort]

The coke tin stayed in place (top left by scaffold.

[@ThreeRiversMuseum]

david hall yes we noticed it also

[@niklasniklasson2503]

david hall ulfab

[@harunaja8752]

Harun

[@rosewhite---]

did cocacola sponsor this video?

[@captainjohn787]

Judging from the posting date, this project is a joke, right? They have enough men and equipment on site, you'd think they were building Hoover Dam. If the rail passengers ever wonder why their ticket prices are so high, here's your answer.

[@harunaja8752]

Narna harun

[@kaseryn]

Terrahawks..

[@mickb6285]

Barhale. Be Safe? What is going on at 23:40 then? A bloke with his hard hat on top of a woolley hat hitting his breaker with some rebar and his mate wondering where his goggles go!!

[@christopherlovelock9104]

Seemed a lot of men in "safety equipment" standing about doing nothing - waste of money, surely moving a portable fence for example doesn't take that many men, also I don't see the point of the 'reinforced roadway' when once loaded they drive straight off it onto the ordinary road complete with manholes, cracks, and repaired trenches in it. As usual too many chiefs - typical UK nowadays.

[@lesreed7943]

I assume you have a managerial post in a haulage company?

[@christopherlovelock9104]

Actually retired now, - but we just used 'common sense' in those days, plus a lot of 'blood sweat and tears', however we still got the job done and with a lot less machinery. Possibly one of the reasons this country is in the state it is in. Once this country was a 'World Leader' in a lot of things, - alas now we import far more than we ever exported even in times gone by. A hard days work never hurt anybody now all they want to do is 'automate' everything.

[@ScottishNSRailFan]

Fascinating