Workers resurfacing the southbound side of the Tay Bridge in Scotland found a connection with their colleagues in the 1960s when they uncovered boot prints in the bitumen used back then as waterproofing.
Tracks left by a construction worker in the 1960s. Credit: Tay Bridge
The resurfacing works are the second phase of major roadworks on the crossing. Contractor Volker Laser is stripping the 1966 surface (and the boot prints) down to the concrete deck. Waterproofing will be applied, then a new asphalt surface laid. The bridge will also be fitted with 92 new expansion joints.
Efforts to fit scaffolding giving access to the underside of the deck were hampered by recent bad weather. But now a cantilevered scaffolding arrangement is in place.
Work on the northbound side of the bridge was completed last year.
