Smart Fibres installed on the UK's first composite motorway bridge
February 2006
In collaboration with Strainstall UK, Smart Fibres is instrumenting an innovative road bridge over the M6 in Lancashire, UK. This is the first time that the Highways Agency has used fibre-reinforced polymers for road bridge construction on the trunk road network.
The new bridge is half the weight of the old bridge but twice as strong and far more durable. In order to obtain feedback on the design performance a comprehensive sensor system is being installed during construction and includes over 100 FBG sensors.