The main span of Glasgow’s £29.5M Govan-Partick Bridge has arrived at Yorkhill Quay in Glasgow and is set to be installed within days.
The Govan-Partick Bridge is being constructed by main contractor Farrans Construction and was designed by Jacobs for Glasgow City Council as part of the £500m Glasgow City Region…
VolkerHighways has begun a 20-week project to extend the life of a 156-year-old crossing over the River Thames. The contractor will carry out a range of works on the Grade II listed Cookham Bridge throughout the winter. Routine inspection of the ageing iron structure, which dates from 1867. revealed that essential…
Steelwork and bridge deck construction are now complete on Griffiths' new Dyfi Bridge project in Wales.
Building work on the Welsh Government scheme began in spring 2021. The site team are now working on the viaduct finishes, including deck waterproofing, parapets and combined kerbing installation. Road surfacing, street lighting, and signage…
Balfour Beatty AtkinsRéalis JV, working on behalf of National Highways, is set to lift a series of 80t concrete beams across the M25 in Surrey this weekend as part of works to overhaul junction 10 of London’s orbital motorway.
The works will see a specialist 750t crane arrive on site near Cobham,…
National Highways has completed the removal of infill from beneath the Great Musgrave bridge in Cumbria but there will be no additional strengthening or weight restrictions implemented before it reopens, despite the roads body's previous claims.
The public roads body was ordered to remove the 1,000t of concrete from beneath the…
Corporation Bridge in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, will no longer reopen in December 2023 after planned works discovered severe rusting and corrosion to the bridge’s steel underside spans.
North East Lincolnshire Council (NELC) confirmed on 5 October that the process of grit blasting the bridge to reveal the bare steel under…
A major new road near Newquay in Cornwall has moved one step closer after Network Rail engineers moved a new road bridge into place over the railway.
The new road, known as the Newquay Strategic Route, will connect Nansledan, on the edge of Newquay, to the A392 at the Hendra roundabout.…
Network Rail has successfully moved two new 160t metallic spans into place onto Barmouth Viaduct, reaching a milestone in the restoration of the iconic structure.
The intricate and complex operation to transfer and position the spans followed a practice run on a purpose-built mock track. It means that the team is…
The London Millennium Footbridge which crosses the River Thames linking St Paul’s with the Tate Modern is set to close for three weeks of maintenance works starting Saturday 14 October.
Contractor FM Conway has been picked to undertake the replacement of the synthetic membrane which separates the bridge’s steel structure from…
A "complex" project to replace the deck of a century-old bridge in Hampshire is expected to take almost a year after the structure was found to be in worse condition than anticipated.
Hampshire County Council said Garnier Road in Winchester would remain closed until February 2024. The highway, which links the…
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