Mapledurham FRP Bridge ECS was recently commissioned by the Environment Agency to design, supply and install a new bridge at their site at Mapledurham on the river Thames. Unlike traditional bridge structures however, this one is made from an innovative, maintenance free, composite material with a 50 year guarantee. This bridge replacement contract had to achieve a number of objectives; to improve the capacity of the local access routes to the Mapledurham weir and lock complex which is part of a much larger refurbishment project taking place across a number of sites on the River Thames and to upgrade the size and strength of the existing bridge structure, which had insufficient capacity for modern vehicles.Mapledurham FRP Bridge Thames. The installation itself was relatively

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