Latest Bridges News

Skanska has completed work on strengthening six of the eight piers which support the Nene Bridge near Peterborough.

Northumberland County Council (NCC) has started its long awaited search for a contractor to carry out repairs on the Grade I/A listed Union Chain Bridge after funding was approved.

The chief executive of the parent company in charge of maintaining the Polcevera Viaduct in Italy has stepped down as allegations of fraud and falsified information emerge from a police investigation.

Firth, chairman of the British Group of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, set out ways to tackle the challenges associated with building the bridge in 160m-deep water in a Telegraph opinion piece. He suggests utilising offshore technology and building a longer bridge to avoid upgrading roads would…

Prime minister Boris Johnson has asked both the Treasury and Department for Transport to produce a feasibility study into his plan to build a bridge between Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Infrastructure projects should factor in climate change to ensure structures are future-proofed against rising sea levels and extreme weather, a new report has recommended.

Plans for a new road crossing on the Avon by Bristol City Council have been critcised by Historic England for damaging the visual setting of the Clifton Suspension Bridge.

The bridge has been closed to traffic since April after critical faults were found with the historic cast iron structure. According to early stage estimates the total cost could be up to £120M.  Built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, Hammersmith Bridge has been the centre of controversy in recent years. In…

Wind barriers on the new Queensferry crossing in Scotland have helped the bridge stay open on 34 occasions when its predecessor would have been closed to at least some traffic since it opened in 2017. Figures also showed that 170,000 people have visited a viewing platform on the bridge in…

Amey Consulting has devised a new dismantling process which will see Liverpool’s Churchill flyovers demolished by the end of 2019. Working with demolition contractor Graham Construction as well as other specialist contractors, the deconstruction will be completed without having to implement road closures in the local area including the Birkenhead…