Spencer Bridge Engineering were appointed by the Environment Agency to repair 6 historic bridges across Lincolnshire. The scope on this particular project was to fully refurbish the bridge to ensure its structural integrity and to extend its overall service life.
The scope of works involved a blast and clean of all the stonework to the towers and anchor blocks, the full encapsulation of the bridge to blast and repaint the main cables and hangers, replace any irreparable stonework and to replace the hardwood timber decking and all the crossbeams.
The refurbishment works came with a range of difficulties such as matching the colour and cut of the stonework and cables to match the original.
While the works were undertaken, Spencer Bridge Engineering discovered that the articulation wasn’t working correctly on the top of the towers and the anchor blocks had the chain jammed in them. Due to this, Spencer Bridge Engineering were contracted to take the stonework off the top of the anchor blocks and towers and then refurbish the articulation of the bridge, so it was free to move again.the anchor blocks and towers then refurbish the articulation of the bridge so it was free to move again.
The refurbishments were delivered successfully, and due to the excellent end product, Spencer Bridge Engineering were awarded the Historic Bridge Award for that respective year.
The other five bridges included within the overall project were Saxby Bridge, Broughton Bridge, Hibblestow Bridge, Cadney Bridge and Snitterby Bridge. These historic structures required similar scopes of work across each site, with Spencer Bridge Engineering contracted to deliver the works at all locations.
