A major milestone has been reached on a project to create a new bypass in Aberdeen.

The first bridge beams have been installed on a new structure which will carry the A90 over the realigned B9000 Newburgh to Pitmedden road.

A total of 23 pre-cast beams weighing 20 tonnes each and measuring approximately 33 metres long were lifted and maneuvered into place as part of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie - Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) project.


Cabinet Secretary Keith Brown said: "This represents a significant milestone and shows that works are progressing well on what is the longest roads construction project currently underway in the UK.

"The beam lift at Tipperty is the first of almost 80 similar lifts which will be undertaken across the project over the course of the next couple of years with the pace of construction evident for all to see and the Balmedie-Tipperty section of the project due to open to road users in spring 2017."

(LM/JP)