High Speed 2 (HS2) contractors have successfully demolished a 4,000t bridge over the M42 to make way for a new twin box structure to carry the new high-speed line across the motorway.
National Highways has revealed that it spent £352,000 removing the unwanted infill from beneath the Great Musgrave bridge in Cumbria – almost triple what it cost to install.
Plans for a 12km long, $1.3bn (£1bn) sea bridge in the Brazilian state of Bahia have taken a step forward with drilling work starting on land to examine ground conditions along the route.
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (LBHF) has blamed the Department for Transport (DfT) for delays to fixing the Hammersmith Bridge and is temporarily opening a two-way central cycleway.
Engineers from Connect Plus work around the clock to keep the Dartford Crossing’s QEII bridge open, maintaining a balance between capacity for traffic and high safety levels for users.
The new £121M Herring Bridge in Great Yarmouth opened on Thursday 1 February and within two days had already run into technical issues that impeded traffic.
The £121M Herring Bridge in Great Yarmouth has opened and has been hailed as one of the region’s most significant infrastructure projects.
The Tyne Bridge is to undergo full restoration works following confirmation from the Department for Transport (DfT) that it will provide £35.2M of £41.4M needed for the works and for improvements to the central motorway in Newcastle.
The Grade I listed Powick Old Bridge on the outskirts of Worcester has been closed to pedestrians and cyclists following the collapse of a foundation caused by recent flooding.
“Hotels” for kittiwakes, a protected bird species, have been installed on the Tyne Bridge in preparation for the full restoration of the structure as it reaches its centenary.
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