Work to transform Colham Bridge into a striking local feature was part of Hillingdon Council’s £2m Yiewsley and West Drayton town centre improvement programme.

This project was a £200,000 stainless steel and steel bridge installation in Uxbridge, West London.

The white-painted steel base was built at Darke’s Stilton headquarters and transported to site on a Friday evening. The road was closed and Darke’s engineers assembled the partially fabricated stainless steel arch in situ in the road on its side over Friday night and Saturday.

A 120 tonne crane then arrived on the Sunday morning to lift the bridge in place onto pre-drilled anchors.

The whole process was repeated the following weekend for the east side of the bridge.

Colham bridge, Uxbridge, West London

Colham bridge, Uxbridge, West London

Colham bridge, Uxbridge, West London