Video: giant gantry is lifted overnight on the M6, UK

Highways England has released timelapse footage which shows a 20-tonne gantry being lifted over the M6 during an overnight operation in June. The 40m-wide structure will host 10 electronic signs between junctions 18 and 19 is being installed as part of a £274 million smart motorway project in Cheshire. The scheme will be completed in phases with all roadworks due to be removed by Spring 2019.
October 8, 2018 Read time: 1 min

8101 Highways England has released timelapse footage which shows a 20-tonne gantry being lifted over the M6 during an overnight operation in June.

The 40m-wide structure will host 10 electronic signs between junctions 18 and 19 is being installed as part of a £274 million smart motorway project in Cheshire.

The scheme will be completed in phases with all roadworks due to be removed by Spring 2019.

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