Forder Valley Link Road: Huge concrete beams are being installed - updates Concrete beams that are each the length of one half of Smeaton's Tower are currently being installed The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now The next milestone for The Forder Valley Link Road project is currently underway to install concrete beams - each the length of one half of Smeaton's Tower - to form the bridge that will span across the valley. 28 concrete beams will form the 140-metre bridge and a specialist 100-metre crane is being built on site and will lift each of the 105-tonne beams into place over the coming weeks.