One in every 25 (4%) council maintained road bridges in the UK has been deemed as substandard, the RAC Foundation has revealed.
All the councils located within England, Scotland and Wales are responsible for 73,208 road bridges and the RAC foundation discovered that 2,928 are considered substandard through freedom of information…
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland USA has collapsed after being struck by a container ship.
The incident occurred this morning, 26 March, around 1.30am local time (5.30am GMT). Engineers have told NCE that the devastating result of the impact will have been due to the steel arch-shaped continuous through…
The West Highland line has reopened after Network Rail engineers completed a £1.6M set of essential upgrades to the Rannoch viaduct.
Work to extend the operational lifespan of the 208m long steel structure took place during a nine-day closure of the line, from Saturday 16 March until Monday 25 March. The…
National Highways may be ordered to remove its structural infill from a 19th century North Yorkshire bridge after the local authority requested retrospective planning application.
The Rudgate road bridge, situated approximately 3km west of Tadcaster, is part of the Historical Railways Estate (HRE), which is maintained by National Highways on behalf…
Kent County Council has appointed VolkerFitzpatrick to design and build a new £34M road viaduct over a rail line and river in Canterbury.
The Sturry Link Road project will see the firm construct a 550m long road including a 250m long viaduct over the Great Stour River, the river’s flood plain…
Engineers from EKFB (Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam JV) have commenced the sliding of the first section of the 320m double composite deck for High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Westbury viaduct into position.
It is one of five viaducts on the HS2 route through Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire where embodied carbon has been…
Balfour Beatty, working on behalf of National Highways, was able to reopen the M25 eight hours earlier than scheduled after the efficient demolition of a motorway overbridge.
The London orbital motorway saw complete closure for the first time in its 38 year history between junctions 10 and 11 this past weekend,…
Load-bearing structures can be made with origami modules, a University of Michigan research project has revealed.
Engineers from the university have now demonstrated how structures such as bridges and buildings can be constructed using versatile components folded compactly and adapted into different shapes, with consistency of thickness being the key takeaway…
A 144m bridge for active travel is being built by Network Rail in Duniface to connect the communities of Methilhill and Kennoway as part of the £116M Levenmouth Rail Link.
The bridge is part of the first phase of work on a wider active travel network that will initially focus on…
Great Yarmouth’s new £121M bascule Herring Bridge that opened just over a month ago closes indefinitely for further investigations following numerous technical issues.
Norfolk County Council has announced that it’s new third crossing of the River Herring, a Bam Farrans JV constructed twin-leaf bascule bridge, has closed its leaves for the…
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