Latest Bridges News

A new high-definition satellite radar developed to detect bridges at risk of collapse from space could have prevented the fatal Polcevera viaduct collapse, it has been claimed.

Spending by the Welsh government for the development of the scrapped M4 relief road scheme south of Newport in Wales topped £114M, it has been revealed.

Hammersmith Bridge could remain permanently closed to motorists, a senior Transport for London (TfL) director has revealed.

A £7.3M project to restore the grade-I listed Union Chain bridge crossing the England Scotland border could get underway next year if a funding application is successful.

Restoration of an historic bridge over the River Tawe in Swansea on the site of a former copperworks is set to get underway this weekend.

More than 200 faults have been found with a 200-year-old bridge linking Preston and South Ribble, casting doubt over the historic structure’s future.

Boris Johnson has once again thrown his support behind building a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland, calling himself an “enthusiast” for the idea.

The last remaining sections of the Polcevera viaduct in Genoa, Italy have been demolished today, almost a year after part of the road bridge collapsed killing 43 people.

Transport for London (TfL) “cannot afford” to get the delivery of its proposed East London River Thames crossings wrong, according to London Assembly transport committee chair Florence Eshalomi.

Transport for London (TfL) has scrapped plans for a new Thames crossing from Canary Wharf to Rotherhithe in London due to the “sheer scale and complexity of the engineering solution that would be required” after the potential cost went up to £600M.