The final bridge linking the Olympic Stadium 'island' to the surrounding areaFourteen steel beams, each up to 60m long and weighing 75 tonnes, have been produced in Scunthorpe and Bolton and are being lifted into place to form the first section of the bridge.
ODA Chairman John Armitt said: ‘Seeing the bridge that will form the main “gateway to the Games” taking shape is a significant milestone and gives us an exciting glimpse of the route hundreds of thousands of spectators will take into the Olympic Park in 2012.’
In addition, the last of five new bridges linking the Olympic Stadium ‘island’ to the surrounding area has been lifted into place. Across the Park, work is now underway on 21 of the 30 new bridges that will cross waterways, roads and rivers to create a connected, open and accessible Park during and after the Games.
John added: ‘Lifting the final new link into the Olympic Stadium site is also an important step and follows the good progress we are making on bridges across the site to create the building blocks for an open and accessible Olympic Park in 2012 and beyond.’
