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HS2 viaduct 'slide' installation captured on film

HS2 has revealed new time-lapse footage showing engineers completing the heaviest and longest single-stage viaduct deck slide on the London-Birmingham railway project so far.

The four-day operation over the A413 near Wendover in Buckinghamshire, closed the road as work began on Thursday.

Engineers used "technology similar to the surface of a non-stick frying pan to slide the viaduct into position" over the road and an existing railway line, HS2 said.

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