A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvement scheme

Project status

Ongoing

250 metre viaduct over the River Great Ouse

Project information

We’re upgrading the A428 in Cambridgeshire with a 14km dual carriageway for National Highways, turning a major bottleneck into a smoother, safer route.

Customer:

National Highways

Expertise:

Infrastructure

Sector:

Highways

Start date:

Completion date:

City:

Cambridge

Region:

England

Country:

United Kingdom

In numbers...

39

new structures being built including...

18

bridges

51 km

of utilities cables and pipes moved and protected during construction

850

people working on the scheme at its peak

Image gallery

Map showing key road junctions: Black Cat, Cambridge Road, Eltisley, and Caxton Gibbet.

Constructing the A428 Caxton Gibbet junction

A new roundabout

The new dual carriageway is taking shape

Working on the A428

Huge 250m long viaduct installed over the Great River Ouse

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