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The cables on the north tower of the Queensferry Crossing have been cleaned in a bid to mitigate the build up of ice this winter.

BEAR Scotland technicians have carried out the trial after Transport Scotland called for a solution to be drawn up to prevent a repeat of last winter’s…

A public consultation has begun into four design options for a new active travel bridge crossing at Banff in Aberdeenshire for pedestrians and cyclists.

Last year, Aberdeenshire Council commissioned a study to explore options for a new crossing at the River Deveron between Banff and Macduff. The study – undertaken by…

Nottingham City Council has released designs for a new pedestrian and cycle crossing planned to span the River Trent.

Drawn up by Amey, the Waterside Bridge is in line to be the first new bridge built across the river in more than 60 years. The £9.2M project, funded by the government’s…

Analysis of permanent structures in the temporary case and worst case scenario planning should be part of every project to ensure the issues that led to the 2018 fatal collapse of the Florida International University (FIU) bridge are not repeated.

Network Rail technical authority principal discipline expert for capital delivery: buildings…

London commuters were last night again left cursing Tower Bridge’s lifting mechanism after technical issues led to its temporary closure.

It is the third time in 18 months that the bridge has had to close after becoming stuck open. This time round the bridge’s bascules were only stuck a few inches…

Tolling motorists to cross the Thames, establishing a dedicated maintenance body and setting up a central funding pot have all been suggested by London Assembly’s transport committee as ways to prevent more Thames crossings heading the same way as Hammersmith Bridge.

Hammersmith Bridge has been closed to motorists for more than…

Durham County Council received £20M from the Levelling Up Fund announced in the Autumn Budget, and a significant portion of it will go towards the restoration of the historic Whorlton Bridge.

The bridge, which is the UK's earliest surviving example of an iron chained suspension bridge with twin battered masonry pylons…

Two footbridges in Scotland have been washed away as communities across Northern England and Southern Scotland deal with the impact of flash floods yesterday.

Downpours in Dumfries and Galloway led to two historic footbridges, the Cuthbertson Bridge and the Diamond Jubilee Bridge (pictured before the collapse above) over the River Annan,…

A contractor working for National Highways has been accused of entering a property in Dorset without permission to cut down trees as part of preparations to demolish a bridge.

According to campaigners from the HRE Group, National Highways contractor AmcoGiffen “came in like a tornado” at the village of Toller Porcorum…

National Highways has assessed five different bridge strengthening techniques should its controversial infilling of a masonry arch bridge in Great Musgrave, Cumbria be reversed.

As revealed by NCE last week, National Highways engineers stand by their decision to infill the 160-year-old bridge in the Cumbrian countryside. The infilling of the 8.4m…