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Balfour Beatty has started construction on the new Clearmount footbridge near M25 Junction 10. Once completed, the footbridge will offer safe passage for pedestrians, cyclists, and horse-riders over one of the UK's busiest motorways.

With over 300,000 vehicles expected to travel under the bridge each day, the new steel structure will safely connect communities between Byfleet and Wisley Common, part of National Highway’s M25 J10 three-year project.

Assembled offsite, the trestles and steel beams supporting the footbridge were delivered to Buxton Wood near the site, last week. Experts at Balfour Beatty will now begin the complex assembly of the footbridge whilst minimising disruption to the travelling public wherever possible.

Once installed, the bridge will be 61 metres long, 4.3 metres wide and 2.6 metres high, weighing in at over 130 tonnes.

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Notes to editors:

• Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with 26,000 employees driving the delivery of powerful new solutions, shaping thinking, creating skylines and inspiring a new generation of talent to be the change-makers of tomorrow.
• We finance, develop, build, maintain and operate the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and deliver projects at the heart of local communities.
• Over the last 114 years we have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world. Currently, we are working to deliver Hinkley Point C, the first UK nuclear power station in a generation; constructing the world-class arts and cultural facility, the Lyric Theatre, in Hong Kong; and designing, building, financing, operating and maintaining the Automated People Mover superstructure at the fifth busiest airport in the world, Los Angeles International Airport.
• Balfour Beatty’s highways business designs, constructs, and manages many of the UK’s major highways. Through constant innovation and the use of cutting-edge technology, we support clients in creating more reliable and safer journeys which deliver an optimal highways experience to the travelling public and connect communities.