Safespan^® Europe - A trading division of Turner Access Ltd

A patented Underbridge access system developed in the USA in 1996, Safespan^® is an amazingly simple concept to grasp. In outline Safespan^® consists of three principal components:

1. cables (horizontal & vertical)

2. profiled steel sheeting

3. special steel clips

Horizontal (or longitudinal) cables, typically attached to the bridge abutments, are linked to vertical hangers attached to the bridge underside creating what could be loosely described as an inverted suspension bridge. The steel sheeting is laid transversely across the horizontal cables and locked into place by the special clips.

Safespan^®, for bridge maintenance, facilitates bridge access especially when tight clearance is essential. The access platforms allow bridge rehabilitation, bridge repair, bridge strengthening  and bridge refurbishment in ways not possible before.

Safespan^® has been used extensively in the USA for bridge repair, bridge rehabilitation, bridge renovation in place of traditional bridge scaffolding and was originally invented for bridge painting and maintenance.