Latest Bridges News

The Dartford Crossing will be closed again tomorrow night to allow engineers to conduct essential maintenance.

The Queen Elizabeth II bridge, A282 Dartford-Thurrock river crossing, will be closed overnight from 8pm tomorrow (14 Januray) until 10am on Sunday 15 January. The closures are for what National Highways is calling “further essential…

The Treasury blocked the release of the 2022 National Infrastructure Construction Pipeline (NICP) until last year's Autumn Statement was delivered, it has been revealed.

At a House of Lords Built Environment Committee meeting this week, Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) chief executive Nick Smallwood said that last year was the first…

Emergency works to restore safety on the Menai Suspension Bridge between Anglesey and mainland Wales have commenced.

A 7.5t weight limit was placed on the 197 year old bridge in June 2022, but inspections carried out by structural engineers in October found “serious risks” that threatened its safety, forcing a complete…

J Murphy and Sons has started its four-month repair work to a deteriorated bridge in Hertfordshire.

The section of Nazeing New Road alongside Broxbourne railway station closed on 3 January for the works and is not expected to open until 30 April. Murphy will replace the central spans of the existing…

HS2 Ltd has celebrated a world-first with its Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) team sliding a 12,600t bridge a record 165m to position it across a motorway in Warwickshire.

The site team worked around the clock to move HS2’s Marston Box bridge into place over the M42 during the Christmas period. The…

Key decisions on the country’s major infrastructure projects are expected in 2023.

Over the course of the next 12 months, transport secretary Mark Harper will have to make big decisions on the country’s planned road building schemes with planning rulings needed in relation to the Stonehenge Tunnel, Lower Thames Crossing and…

A 202-year-old bridge spanning England and Scotland will reopen “as soon as possible” after it missed its 2022 opening date.

Work on the Union Chain Bridge has been ongoing since October 2020, when its timber deck and main suspension chains were removed in order to be refurbished offsite. Engineers from Spencer…

A stretch of the M42 near Birmingham will be closed for ten days over Christmas so the Marston Box bridge can be put installed for the High Speed Two (HS2) railway.

Dubbed the UK’s first “box-slide” bridge, the Marston Box bridge has been built to the side of the motorway over…

The Menai Suspension Bridge will reopen by the end of January 2023, the Welsh Government has announced.

The bridge connecting the Welsh mainland to Anglesey was closed in October due to “serious structural concerns” that posed “serious risks” to its safety. The Welsh Government has since confirmed that the issue relates…

NCE once again highlighted the best rising talent in civil engineering through its Graduate and Apprentice Awards 2022, held at the ICE in November.

The awards celebrated their 25th anniversary with the first ever winner Nicola McChlery returning as a keynote speaker alongside ICE senior vice president Anusha Shah. The event…