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Colne Valley construction reaches an ‘exciting stage’

HS2 News

THE first of the 1800 tonne ‘V’-shaped piers that will support the two-mile long Colne Valley Viaduct have been completed.

The viaduct, near Hillingdon, on the western edge of London, will take the high-speed line over the Grand Union Canal, River Colne, local roads and a series of lakes that lie between the section of route underneath the capital and the 10-mile

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