Birmingham HS2 bridge named after Jude Bellingham gets the go-ahead
HS2 bosses have won approval for the brand new 150-metre Birmingham bridge named after Stourbridge footballer Jude Bellingham.
HS2 Ltd has received Schedule 17 approval for the section of viaduct carrying trains into Birmingham’s new Curzon Street Station, including a 25-metre high truss which will create a new icon on the city’s skyline.
The bridge has been nicknamed the Bellingham Bridge in honour of Stourbridge-born England football superstar Jude Bellingham for his performances at the World Cup last year.
Birmingham City Council has approved the design of the Curzon No 2 viaduct, which is the tallest structure in the sequence of viaducts and structures that make up the Curzon Street Approaches taking HS2 trains into Birmingham.
The bridge consists of a gently curved truss in weathering steel which carries HS2 over the Victorian brick rail viaduct below, and which will reach 40 metres into the air, resting at least 17 metres above the ground. The bridge will carry three parallel high speed rail tracks over the existing east-west rail line. Closer to Curzon Street, the tracks will split further to serve the seven platforms being built at the station.
