Bridge construction

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24 April 2008

FCC construction has used over three tonnes of RMD Kwikform's equipment - Megashor 1000 kN heavy duty propping equipment, R700 trusses, Kwikstage Shoring, Superslim and T200 beams - to construct the 200 m long, 23,5 m wide, six span, four lane La Serna Bridge, part of the N501, on the Spanish border between Avila and Salmanca.

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