Shay Murtagh Precast recognise the unique attributes of Rail projects and are specialists in a range of bridge structures and ancillary components.
Templars Way Rail Overbridge, reconstructed as part of a major Network Rail scheme to electrify the Midlands Mainline between Bedford and Sheffield. The new superstructure consisted of two 8.0m span Con-Arches designed and detailed to the Network Rails Con-Arch specification. Shay Murtagh Precast were awarded the contract by J Murphy & Sons to precast all […]
Shay Murtagh Precast were contracted by Story Contracting to complete the precast concrete works for the upgrade of the bridge adjacent to Boatside Inn in Hexham for Network Rail.
The Reading Viaduct Development superstructure, which includes the viaduct bridge, is massive, and it has taken 30 weeks to build as pointed out by Project Director for Balfour Beatty Billy Smith in a recent interview with The Rail Engineer. This 2km structure, including the viaduct bridge, built in such a timeline is a tremendous success, […]
About Ladder Beams Delivery Shay Murtagh provided precast concrete ladder beams for the track slab The North West Electrification Programme is tasked with installing overhead line equipment. The routes connecting Liverpool, Manchester, Preston and Blackpool finished for end of 2016. The Chorley tunnel is one of the oldest rail tunnels in the UK and upgrading […]
Shay Murtagh Precast supplied nine 16.4m long prestressed precast box beams for Leyburn Bridge deck reconstruction. The beams were 970mm wide by 550mm deep and each weighed 20.5T. The precast box beams were manufactured with skewed ends to accommodate the bridge alignment. A 380mm high by 550mm wide concrete upstand was cast on both the […]
St. Denys in Southampton Contract, a complex integration of a range of precast concrete sections to refurbish this rail overbridge. It comprised of 8 no bearing beams, 4 no cill beams, 4 no bespoke anchor blocks and 9 no box beams 13.0m in length each. The structure completed with individual precast parapet sections. With these […]
About Old Bridge Structure Rebuild in Andover Road The old bridge structure which carried Andover Road over the railway line needed rebuilding to enable larger freight containers to be carried on the Railway. Upgrade works were carried out as part of the Southampton to Nuneaton freight upgrade scheme. Improvement works are being planned along this […]
Shay Murtagh Precast Ltd. was selected by Irish Rail to design, supply and deliver Bedstones, Bridge Beams and Parapets on Bridge OB329 in Charleville, Co Cork over the busiest rail route in Ireland, the Dublin – Cork mainline. The original stone bridge was demolished in an 8-hour possession the previous night. The new structure was installed […]
The Hardwicks Bridge Renewal project consisted of the renewal of an existing skewed bridge over a two track railway at Wick Road, West Hewish, Somerset. The bridge a single carriageway on steep embankments with Carillion Rail contracted by Network Rail to upgrade this structure with design by Tony Gee and Partners. Shay Murtagh Precast had […]
In 2011 Shay Murtagh Precast designed, manufactured and delivered the new Concrete Bridge Beams Project for the Piano Overbridge Renewal by Birse Rail. Working with Steve and the Birse Rail Team an initial value engineering, carried out with the Shay Murtagh Design Team. With a substantial reduction in the number of prestressing strands required in […]
