Title

Severn Bridge, M48, Aust, South Gloucestershire, 27-28 June 1988. Creator: John Laing plc.

Caption

Severn Bridge, M48, Aust, South Gloucestershire, 27-28 June 1988. A welder within one of the deck sections of the Severn Bridge strengthening the joints between the steel ribs. The original design and construction of the Severn Bridge had under estimated the increased volume of traffic since its completion in 1966 and whilst built to last 120 years it was found to require remedial work after just 20. Laing Industrial Engineering & Construction won the £29.5m contract from the Department of Transport and strengthening work on all elements of the structure began in May 1987. The project was completed in April 1990 in the same year that Laing jointly won the contract for the construction of the second Severn Crossing that would take the traffic pressure off the first bridge and extend its lifespan even further.

Date

1988

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM22A18_184

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

79,8Mb (3,6Mb) / 17,5in x 17,7in / 5260 x 5304 (300dpi)

Keywords

motorway river building England people male work job man men engineering welding welder worker country guy occupation bridge bridges British geography English color mouth structure maintenance location infrastructure century Britain profession construction worker face mask concept civil engineering Gloucestershire burner severn bridge road bridge estuary Sixties Eighties Colour Construction Industry 1980s 1960s 20th century River Severn workers Aust decade geographical feature Severn Severn estuary TGN working photograph M4 M48 Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc John Laing & Co John Laing and Company John Laing & Company John Laing and Co