Latest Bridges News

Lancashire County Council is set to scrap plans to replace a motorway bridge with a ground-level junction, because of soaring costs.

The council’s cabinet will vote on 1 December on a proposal to keep the High North Road Bridge in place. The cabinet in July 2020 approved a £9M project to…

A worker was injured on a bridge refurbishment project in Norfolk this week – closing the key crossing during the evening rush hour.

National Highways said a “contractor” sustained a “minor injury” when a hydraulic cylinder was lowered during planned works on Great Yarmouth’s Breydon Bridge on Tuesday (22 November). John…

A major project to replace an 80m section of the Kincardine Bridge, near Falkirk in Scotland, has taken a significant step forward, with tenders for a contract with an estimated value of £16M now submitted to Transport Scotland.

The contract will be let by Transport Scotland as the client, with operating…

Network Rail has said that works on the 19th century Grade I-listed Royal Border Bridge, which spans the River Tweed in Northumberland, will be extended until spring 2023 so that more repairs can take place.

The works on the bridge, which has been in operation since 1850, began in January and…

Barnes Bridge in west London has been closed "until further notice" for "essential repairs".

The railway line between Barnes Bridge and Hounslow is also closed due to engineers needing to access the underside of the bridge to carry out the work. The closure comes after engineers undertaking planned inspections using specialist…

The Republic of Ireland Government is seeking a contractor to build a bascule bridge spanning Northern Ireland and the Republic.

The Taoiseach Micheál Martin visited Warrenpoint to launch the project which will link County Down and County Louth. While first proposed almost 50 years ago in the mid-1970s, the current Narrow…

Norfolk County Council has begun the formal process of tendering for a contractor to build the long-awaited Long Stratton bypass.

The council has published a prior information notice (PIN), with a view to tender for a contractor for the job next year. The Long Stratton Bypass is a proposed 3.9km single-carriageway…

EXCLUSIVE Transport for Wales (TfW) will spend three times more on the design and construction of existing bridges over the next financial year compared to the current one, figures obtained by NCE via a Freedom of Information (FOI) request have revealed.

The budget allocated for such projects – which includes both rail…

Three London borough councils are “coordinating efforts” to finally deliver the long-awaited Cremorne Bridge.

Wandsworth Council, Hammersmith and Fulham Council and Kensington and Chelsea Council have reached a joint agreement to lobby for funding to finally deliver the River Thames crossing. Formerly marketed as the Diamond Jubilee Bridge, planning consents for…

Passenger services between Leicester and Peterborough will resume this week after Network Rail engineers carried out emergency repairs to a bridge in Ketton, Rutland.

The rail bridge that crosses the A6121 Stamford Road in Ketton, Rutland suffered “significant damage” after being struck by a lorry on Saturday 5 November. The 3.9m-high…