Engineers used a material similar to that found on non-stick frying pans to slide the first part of a major 320m-long viaduct into position during the weekend of 7-8 June.
The M6 South viaduct will carry high-speed trains across the M6 near Birmingham Airport.
The viaduct deck is being assembled adjacent to the motorway and installed over three weekends to avoid disruption to motorists, with each part pushed out before later sections are added behind them.
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