Another piece in the Railway Trail jigsaw was carefully manoeuvred into position yesterday.

Four huge bridge sections were brought down from Dockyard and installed off Bailey’s Bay.

The project is part of an ongoing initiative to reconnect the old trail between Dockyard and St George’s.

The brains behind the scheme are father and son team, Mike and Tucker Murphy.

But the pair are keen to stress that progress has only been made possible thanks to generous donations, volunteer contributions and community support.

“It all went according to plan and very smoothly,” Tucker Murphy said.

“Each bridge section is 66ft long and the raw materials originate in Pennsylvania.

“We hope this project will help to make the Railway Trail an even bigger tourism attraction to cycling and walking groups from abroad, but also appeal to locals as a way of staying fit and healthy.

“It’s also about sustainability and restoring something of historic value to the Island. Our ultimate hope remains to connect the trail throughout the Island, from Dockyard to St George’s.”

The four new bridge sections were assembled in the West End and brought down by barge yesterday morning.

A team of workers spent most of the morning carefully dropping the sections into place.

Earlier this summer six new bridge sections were positioned on the Winton Hill coastline in Hamilton Parish.

The ongoing work has received a very positive response from most of the local community.

The programme to enhance the Railway Trail goes back to 2011 and was spearheaded by Tucker Murphy.

In June 2012 his family’s foundation entered into public/private partnership with the Department of Parks to improve the Trail.

Last March the charity Friends of Bermuda Railway Trail was formed to help fund improvement projects.