Works are ramping up to remove the congested level crossing and roundabout by elevating the rail line, building a new Croydon Station and transport hub, and creating new road connections to connect Croydon’s town centre.
Large concrete columns – known as piers – are now reaching out of the ground in the northern station car park.
The next step after building the concrete columns is to install a crosshead.
The crosshead sits on top of the column to support the bridge structure. In Croydon, some of our crossheads will be built on site on top of the concrete column, using a large blue mould that concrete will be poured into.
The first mould has been installed on one of the large concrete columns in the northern station car park to pour the first crosshead.
Over the next several months we’ll continue to build more concrete columns and install crossheads. In total, there will be 28 concrete columns and 21 crossheads.
Some of the last steps to build the bridge structure are to install large concrete beams that are shaped like an L. These beams are pre-cast and manufactured in Laverton, Victoria, and delivered to site overnight on large trucks to be lifted into place.
Two L-beams pieced together form the shape of a U trough that the trains will run through once the project is complete.
