The National Wildlife Foundation will today (22 April) hold a ground breaking ceremony for California’s Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, the biggest overpass for animals in the world, to mark Earth Day.
The $90M (£70M) crossing will span a 10-lane stretch of the 101 highway, just north of Los Angeles in the…
Hundreds of objections have been lodged against National Highways retrospective planning application for the controversial bridge infilling at Great Musgrave, Cumbria.
More than 300 letters objecting to the infill have been lodged with Eden District Council, just three weeks since National Highways put in its planning application, according to The HRE…
National Highways has drawn up a new method of assessing abandoned railway bridges and tunnels.
The new way of working will see decisions on major works planned for the Historical Railways Estate (HRE) reviewed in collaboration with experts from across the heritage, environmental and active travel sector who have been selected…
A 118-year-old railway bridge in Leamington Spa will be removed and replaced by a new structure this Easter.
Network Rail is completely replacing Rugby Road railway bridge over the A445 as part of a £2.4M investment to improve future journeys for passengers and freight between Nuneaton and Leamington Spa. During a…
NCE has launched a new monthly news video, bringing you key recent stories in a quick five-minute roundup.
The first NCE News Wrap video features the publication of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch’s report into the Stonehaven derailment, along with the impact of the energy crisis following Russia’s invasion of…
Campaigners wishes have been granted, as Preston City Council lines up a bid for levelling up cash to fix the city’s Old Tram Bridge.
Earlier this year, more than 3,000 people signed a petition calling on the council to bid for government funding to repair or replace the 200-year-old landmark. The…
An Italian judge has ruled that 59 people should face trial over the fatal Genoa bridge collapse in 2018.
In June last year it was revealed that senior engineers were among those facing prosecution over the bridge collapse which killed 43 people. An Italian judge has now reviewed prosecutors' request to…
Three lanes of the M6 southbound between junction 20 and 21 will be shut this weekend as engineers carry out emergency repairs to the Thelwall Viaduct in Warrington.
The Thelwall Viaduct is a is a steel composite girder viaduct near Lymm that carries the M6 across the Manchester Ship Canal. The…
HS2 Ltd has announced that its 880m-long Thame Valley Viaduct will be entirely pre-fabricated before being assembled on site.
Crossing the flood plain of the River Thame, just outside Aylesbury, the ambitious modular design has been worked up by HS2 Ltd’s main works contractor EKFB - a team made up of…
Plans have been submitted to restore the Grade-II listed Tintern Wireworks Bridge over the River Wye between Gloucestershire, England and Monmouthshire, Wales.
The bridge was completed in 1874 and opened to trains in 1876, carrying a branch of the Wye Valley Railway. It was forced to close in 1935 when the…
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