Works to upgrade the 115-year-old Whitby Swing Bridge have been delayed for several months due to a lack of materials.
The local authority this summer announced a £200,000 project to help the pedestrian and road bridge across the River Esk to cope with greater extremes in temperature and improve access. However,…
Wiltshire contractor MJ Church, working on behalf of National Highways, has completed a bridge refurbishment project in the West Country a month ahead of schedule.
The firm's prompt work allowed traffic to return to the M5 crossing near the outskirts of Cheltenham this week rather than in mid-December as initially planned.…
Engineers working on the Colne Valley Viaduct for High Speed 2 (HS2) have now completed 1.7km of its record-breaking 3.4km length.
Once complete, the viaduct will be the longest rail bridge in the UK and carry HS2 trains from Hillingdon on the outskirts of London, over a series of roads and…
President of the United States Joe Biden has announced $16.4bn (£13.5bn) will be spent on 25 improvement schemes for the nation’s busiest rail line, Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor.
The announcement was made just as work for the final part of an underground casing project on the New York side of the Hudson…
The opening of a new £121M bascule bridge in Great Yarmouth has been delayed until 2024 after it was planned to open to road traffic this Autumn.
Named Herring Bridge, the crossing will carry traffic over the River Yare and link the A47 at Harfrey’s Roundabout on the western side of the river to…
Network Rail engineers have completed repair work to the Plessey Viaduct, on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) near Morpeth.
Trains services between Newcastle and Scotland have now returned to normal. The viaduct, which carries the ECML over the River Blyth between Cramlington and Morpeth, was only able to carry trains…
A new £14M road bridge has opened in Chelmsford, marking the completion of a £35M project to deliver a relief road for a new housing development.
Constructed by Countryside (now part of Vistry Group) and L&Q, and aided by sub-contractor Graham, the new 161m three-span bridge will facilitate the opening of…
High Speed 2 (HS2) engineers have lifted the first 90t beams into place for the Thame Valley Viaduct, the first major rail viaduct in the UK to have been manufactured off-site.
Construction started in June with the installation of the 42t precast concrete piers. Now, EKFB (Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam JV)…
A long-awaited project to refurbish an historic Hull bridge forced to close to traffic more than three years ago has been delayed by nine unexpected jobs, it has emerged.
Pell Frischmann was awarded a contract last year to overhaul the 149-year old grade II listed Sculcoates Bridge, also known as Chapman…
A £1.7M plan to electrify a 19th century swing bridge that carries the A17 over the River Nene between Lincolnshire and Norfolk has been recommended for approval.
Lincolnshire County Council’s highways and transport scrutiny committee will debate whether to implement the plan for Cross Keys Swing bridge on Monday, 30 October.…
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