Wandsworth Bridge in London has reopened following the on-schedule completion of extensive repairs.
The project’s authority, Wandsworth Council, has also revealed an update to the bridge scheme in the form of plans to construct a new segregated northbound cycle lane. Wandsworth Council head of engineering group three Henry Cheung told NCE:…
National Highways will be ordered remove the concrete infill from beneath a 100-year-old bridge in Congham after its retroactive planning application was unanimously rejected by the local borough council.
St Andrew’s Lane Bridge in Congham was infilled in 2021 with around 1,000t of concrete for a cost of £127,000 by the…
Civil engineering firm Hammond ECS has completed maintenance works on the Grade II listed Pensford Viaduct in Somerset on behalf of National Highways.
The 304m long viaduct was originally opened in 1873 to carry the Bristol & North Somerset Railway over Chew Valley. Constructed in stone, it is made up of…
Transport for London (TfL) has appointed Costain to deliver the second phase of upgrades to the A40 Westway in London.
The Westway structures carry the elevated A40, taking traffic in and out of the west side of the city. It is used by 96,000 vehicles per day, making it one of…
The Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk planning committee has recommended National Highways’ retrospective application for its 1,000t of infill of the 100-year-old Congham Bridge be refused.
This means the roads operator will possibly be made to remove the concrete from beneath the bridge in a timely and costly…
Overnight closures of the M62 Ouse Bridge in the East Riding of Yorkshire resume tonight, 25 September, as the extensive work to replace the defective bridge joints across the carriageway continues.
The closure of both the eastbound and westbound carriageways between junctions 36 and 37 from 11pm tonight to 5am tomorrow…
Maintenance work on the 93-year-old Weymouth Town Bridge has begun today, 25 September.
It is the second phase of work on the bascule bridge, after Dorset Council carried out repairs to welds on the surface of one half in 2022. Now the other half of the bridge is set to receive…
Bear Scotland will begin a project to install automated diversionary barriers at the Queensferry Crossing tonight, Monday 25 September, on behalf of Transport Scotland.
The barrier system will be installed to divert traffic away from the road bridge following failed attempts to keep it open when ice falls from the cable…
A major motorway bridge in Kent remains partially closed a week after emergency works were ordered — as parts are required from abroad.
Two lanes of the M2 crossing of the River Medway in Kent are expected to stay shut to traffic until at least the weekend. National Highways said a…
Major repairs to a Grade II-listed stone bridge in Yorkshire are progressing on schedule after it was hit by a car.
The incident, which occurred in September 2022, caused “significant damage” to the Bubwith Bridge's headwall and parapet. The bridge carries the A163 over the River Derwent. North of England…
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