M6 Toll
The M6 Toll road involved building a completely new 27 mile, 3-lane motorway to the north east of Birmingham between junctions 4 and 11 of the M6. It is the first tolled motorway built and operated by the private sector in the UK. The Reinforced Earth Company (RECo) undertook the design and supply of 39 permanent bridge abutments and several retaining walls along the route. The use of Reinforced Earth™ for abutments supporting full bridge loads has become widespread over other techniques as it reduces the need for piles or foundation improvements thus lowering costs and saving on programme time. In total, RECo supplied 23,000 m² of precast concrete facing panels and over half a million metres of galvanized steel reinforcing strips for the project.
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