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The old bridge spans were lifted out and the central pier were demolished in the early morning of Sunday 13 February 2022. Demolition of the west abutment was completed the following day, with the footpath embankment being dug away to allow for the excavation of the pier base. The east abutment was demolished over the weekend of 12-13 March. A 9-minute timelapse video of the removal of the old spans is available on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7xy7c6TbVg YouTube].
The installation of the replacement bridge was delayed and eventually rescheduled for the weekend of 8-9 October 2022. By coincidence, a national rail strike on the Saturday meant that no train movements were taking place on the main line that day. The SVR granted a 'total possession' to the contractors, allowing a large crane to be positioned on the SVR's running lines to carry out the lift in the early hours of Sunday 9 October. However, problems with the paperwork involving the Police escort of the bridge to the Railway meant that only the two sets of end steps were delivered, with the eastern Western steps being installed and the west East set placed ready for installation. The rest of the work was delayed until the following weekend. The main span was eventually delivered to site on Friday 14 October and lifted into place (minus its smoke plates) at around 5.00am on Sunday 16 October, followed by the western eastern steps. Both sets of lifting operations were relayed live on YouTube via the SVR's Railcam.
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