On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:08:53 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote:

Well, if you want to dig a hole you normally also need to have some
space and access in order to do the digging - the streets there aren't
wide boulevards, so the requisitioned road space is surely going to
constitute some of the actual works sites. Bailey bridges worked on
Borough High St for the JLE works, and on Euston Rd for the KXSP Tube
station works, but in both cases there was a whole lot more space -
these are the constricted back-streets of Soho after all.


Presumably there will also be a need for space for the contractor's
site offices, washrooms and equipment store?

When Oxford Circus station was rebuilt for the Victoria Line in the
1960s, a huge and complex structure was built to raise both Oxford
Street and Regent Street over the junction allowing all the work to
take place underneath. This was said to be the ultimate expression of
temporary bridging. I don't know whether any Bailey bridging was
involved.