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Engineers working on the West Midlands section of the HS2 network are getting ready to launch the second viaduct over the M6 near Chelmsley Wood.

• Link to images showing the west deck of the M6 South viaduct:https://visual-library.hs2.org.uk/s/5w66fsq56ztr572nnntcbr
• Link to B-roll. Drone footage showing the structure ahead of its launch: https://vimeo.com/1176539111/11dd6b73db?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

   

   

• Two female train drivers marked the launch of TBM Karen - named after a UK rail industry pioneer
• The 1,624-tonne machine will travel 4.5 miles to build the second bore of the Euston tunnel
• Bringing HS2 into Euston is critical for the regeneration of the area, with the potential to contribute £41 billion to the UK economy

• View and embed a new video about how HS2 produced 2,742 giant concrete viaduct segments at the Kingsbury Pre-cast Yard in Warwickshire and download new images showing the completed segments.
• Download new images showing segments from the factory being used to create the Water Orton viaducts, which crossed the A446 near Coleshill last week

• Timelapse footage shows how engineers slid the Longhole viaduct into position – https://vimeo.com/1171760570/0eab367417?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci
• B-roll footage shows the bridge in place over the Grand Union Canal - https://vimeo.com/1171761194/78b97148da?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci
• Download images of the Longhole viaduct which crosses the Grand Union Canal and Ridgeway Lane in Ufton, Warwickshire – https://visual-library.hs2.org.uk/s/bjczb7q37tfg89fjmrggr54
• Works complete ahead of schedule, in time for the start of the canal boating season

• View and embed a new video showing the latest progress as HS2 completes the last of 2,011 concrete piles that form a key part of the foundations for the transformative new Curzon Street station in central Birmingham
• Download the full set of new images showing the public spaces that will be built around the city-centre station.
• Download more new images of the piling work and images of what the station will look like when complete.

• View and embed new drone footage showing the Coleshill East and West viaducts between the M6 and M42 in Warwickshire.
• Engineers working for HS2 have installed more than a thousand concrete deck segments to form the 600m long viaducts across the B4114 (Birmingham Road) and the flood plain of the river Cole. Download new photos.