Major Infrastructure Design Work

Renders of the new bridges scheduled to be dotted along the HS2 railway line through Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and West Northants have recently been published.

The appearance of the bridges along the HS2 is likely not something that many people outside of the project have thought about, but I am pleased to read that some serious design effort has been put into them. I note that "The bridges were designed by HS2's main work contractor, EKFB − a team made up of Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall – working with designers Arcadis Setec Cowi and architects Moxon." They seem to have developed an aesthetically pleasing and functionally helpful design.

According to the article below, the bridges will feature "weathering steel" for aging naturally to a russet brown colour for matching the tone of the surrounding countryside. This may be a clever way of saying that the rust ("weathering") is an intentional part of the design, and given the internal