A precast cantilever beam being lifted into position during the construction of Structure 66, a railway underbridge on the London to Yorkshire Motorway (the M1). Structure 66 carried the Stratford on Avon, Towcester & Midland Junction Railway under the motorway. The image shows in-situ columns, beams and abutment walls.

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