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Location: Highley, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom

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1. Highley and Alveley Footbridge – Highley Railway Station loop from Highley

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2. Severn Valley Country Park – Highley and Alveley Footbridge loop from Alveley

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3. Highley and Alveley Footbridge – Highley Railway Station loop from Upper Arley

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Sasha Taylor

October 9, 2022

The Highley and Alveley footbridge is a replacement bridge crossing over the River Severn between Highley and Alveley in Shropshire. Arup designed the bridge for Mowlem Construction Ltd with Ivor King Piling Ltd installing the piles. The bridge is a three span continuous reinforced concrete footbridge and was completed in 2006. The main central span is approximately 48m with side spans each of 19.5m, skewed at 30° and full height abutments. Piers and abutments are located on the banks of the river.

The stratigraphy generally comprised Made Ground (mainly colliery spoil) overlying alluvial sands, silts and clays overlying a thin layer of River Terrace Deposits of clayey sandy gravel. Bedrock comprised interbedded mudstones and siltstones of the Upper Coal Measures. Both piers and the Alveley bank abutment (shown above) are founded on steel piles. However, the Highley abutment is founded on landslipped material which may potentially move, so in order not to attract loads from this material, it was founded at shallow depth.

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Location: Highley, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom

Highley and Alveley Footbridge

1. Highley and Alveley Footbridge – Highley Railway Station loop from Highley

2. Severn Valley Country Park – Highley and Alveley Footbridge loop from Alveley

3. Highley and Alveley Footbridge – Highley Railway Station loop from Upper Arley

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