Teston Bridge - Maidstone

About the project

Following a road traffic collision in May 2024, a 10 metre section of the eastern side of the Grade I listed Teston Bridge was damaged, leading to stone from the bridge falling onto the embankment of the River Medway.

As the bridge is classified as a scheduled ancient monument and Grade I listed structure, we needed to seek approval for the works from Historic England and the Department of Culture Media and Sport.

We finished recovering the stones that had fallen and began reconstruction of the bridge.

What we did

To repair the bridge so that it is structurally safe and in keeping with its Grade I listed status, we used the same types of stones as are used in the rest of the bridge. We cannot use materials that are used in modern developments. The approved materials are often used in building conservation and not often used for modern developments

A lorry-mounted crane was used to recover some of the stones that fell onto the riverbank and also sourced similar stones to use in the repairs.

A scaffold was placed to allow our team to reconstruct the damaged part of the bridge both above and below the road level. A closure was in place to allow site workers to recover the fallen stonework and rebuild the damaged section of the bridge.

The work started on Monday 7 October 2024 and was planned to take 8 weeks to complete. We completed the works 1 week early.

Images of the damage and repair