# Marston Box Rail Bridge

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Marston Box Rail Bridge Coordinates 52°32′51″N 1°43′05″W / 52.5475°N 1.7181°W / 52.5475; -1.7181 Carries High Speed 2 Crosses M42 motorway Location Interactive map of Marston Box Rail Bridge

**Marston Box Rail Bridge** is a [railway bridge](/source/Railway_bridge) currently under construction in the United Kingdom. Once complete, it will carry [High Speed 2](/source/High_Speed_2) over the [M42 motorway](/source/M42_motorway).

## History

In November 2021, it was announced that the bridge would be installed using the box slide method to minimise disruption to the motorway.[1]

The M42 was closed between junctions nine and ten from 24 December to 31 December 2021 for preparatory works.[2]

In December 2022 the bridge deck was slid 165 metres (541 feet) into place over a period of forty hours.[3] To allow the work to take place the southbound carriageway was closed on 23 December and the northbound carriageway was closed on 24 December. Both directions were reopened on 1 January 2023, two days ahead of schedule.[4][5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["HS2 bridge builders choose box slide method"](https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/hs2-bridge-builders-choose-box-slide-method). *www.theconstructionindex.co.uk*. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["M42 shuts over Christmas for HS2 bridge preparation"](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-59506007). *BBC News*. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["World's longest box bridge slide on HS2"](https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2023/01/03/worlds-longest-box-bridge-slide-on-hs2/). *Construction Enquirer*. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Patel, Asha; Moody, Jenny (17 December 2022). ["M42 near Ashby to close over Christmas break for HS2 bridge to be installed"](https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/local-news/m42-near-ashby-close-over-7928716). *burtonmail*. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Marston Box Rail Bridge"](https://www.hs2.org.uk/building-hs2/viaducts-and-bridges/marston-box-rail-bridge/). *HS2*. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

v t e High Speed 2 Infrastructure Aston Church Road Overbridge Automated people mover Balsall Common Viaduct Bromford Tunnel Chiltern Tunnel Colne Valley Viaduct Euston Tunnel Marston Box Rail Bridge Northolt Tunnel Rolling stock Small Dean Viaduct Thame Valley Viaduct Turweston Green Bridge Washwood Heath depot Willesden Logistics Hub Wendover Dean Viaduct Places affected Bodymoor Heath Training Ground Calvert Jubilee Chiltern Hills Colne Valley Regional Park Cubbington Woods Curzon Gate Euston Downside Carriage Maintenance Depot Fox and Grapes, Birmingham Jones' Hill Wood Square One Wendover Reception Support Opposition Stop HS2 Stations New/New high speed rail section Birmingham Curzon Street Birmingham Interchange Old Oak Common Manchester Airport High Speed Manchester Piccadilly High Speed London Euston Existing Carlisle Chesterfield Crewe Darlington Edinburgh Waverley Glasgow Central Haymarket Lancaster Leeds Lockerbie Macclesfield Motherwell Oxenholme Lake District Penrith Preston Runcorn Sheffield Stafford Stoke-on-Trent Warrington Bank Quay Wigan North Western York Cancelled East Midlands Hub Heathrow Hub Related high speed projects High Speed 1 High-speed rail in the United Kingdom HS4Air Northern Powerhouse Rail UK Ultraspeed

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