Project:        Kildangan Railway Bridge Footpath Scheme

Client:          Kildare County Council

Location:    Kildangan, Co. Kildare

Brief Overview:

The aim of this project was to create a one-way traffic shuttle system with pedestrian footpath facilities over a live railway line at OBW17 Kildangan, Co. Kildare.

The existing structure was a two-way system with no pedestrian routing or public lighting in place.

Key Elements:

• PSCS role for the duration of the works.
• Phased traffic management design and implementation
• New footpath construction over full extent.
• Installation of stainless-steel parapet on existing masonry railway walls in consultation with Irish Rail.
• Implementation of traffic control system including lighting signals, detectors, loops, and all associated ducting and chambers.
• Taking down and raising up of parapet approach walls
• New public lighting and associated ducting and chambers
• Extensive drainage works
• Installation of reinforced concrete footpaths over bridge and approach ramps
• Installation of new pedestrian crossings
• Accommodation works to adjacent properties
• Re-surfacing and line-marking
• Landscaping