Case study Southwark Bridge, London

Project: Southwark Bridge Client: City Bridge Trust Product: Trief GST2 Kerbs Size: N/A

Bridging the safety gap with Trief Kerb Southwark Bridge was designed by Sir William Arrol, completed in 1921 and is today operated by the City Bridge Trust. Trief containment kerbs have been used to create a safe route for cyclists and pedestrians across the length of Southwark Bridge. This project is part of a push by the Mayor of London’s Office over recent years to encourage Londoners to cycle into the city and thereby to reduce congestion and vehicle pollutants in the capital. Although a relatively small scheme, this is an innovative use of Trief product, which, being on a bridge deck, was installed reinforced with dowels to minimise excavation depths. At over 240 metres long, the installation required over 500 Trief GST2 units for completion and, as a Grade II listed structure, it 415 370 was also essential that the installation met with the requirements for 325

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This Trief installation incorporates a number of pedestrian crossing 380 380 270 points and offers a high degree of protection to cyclists heading up Trief GST2A Trief GST2 Trief Cadet the road towards Upper Thames Street and the infamous ‘Ring of For use on carriageways For use on minimal For use on roads up where 85 percentile speeds excavation projects, to 30 mph i.e urban Steel’ which surrounds the heart of the city. are below 40 mph especially bridges or residential areas, or smaller traffic The provision of Trief to protect the cycleway should see Southwark calming schemes Bridge retain its record of having the best safety record of any The Brett Trief Containment Kerb Range central London bridge and the scheme has been singled out by Since 1962, the Trief Kerb system continues to set the benchmark Southwark Living Streets Safe as providing excellent protection for for containment kerbs with a comprehensive range of components cyclists. that are easy to install.

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