National Highways has completed the removal of infill from beneath the Great Musgrave bridge in Cumbria but there will be no additional strengthening or weight restrictions implemented before it reopens, despite the roads body's previous claims.
The public roads body was ordered to remove the 1,000t of concrete from beneath the…
Corporation Bridge in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, will no longer reopen in December 2023 after planned works discovered severe rusting and corrosion to the bridge’s steel underside spans.
North East Lincolnshire Council (NELC) confirmed on 5 October that the process of grit blasting the bridge to reveal the bare steel under…
A major new road near Newquay in Cornwall has moved one step closer after Network Rail engineers moved a new road bridge into place over the railway.
The new road, known as the Newquay Strategic Route, will connect Nansledan, on the edge of Newquay, to the A392 at the Hendra roundabout.…
Network Rail has successfully moved two new 160t metallic spans into place onto Barmouth Viaduct, reaching a milestone in the restoration of the iconic structure.
The intricate and complex operation to transfer and position the spans followed a practice run on a purpose-built mock track. It means that the team is…
The London Millennium Footbridge which crosses the River Thames linking St Paul’s with the Tate Modern is set to close for three weeks of maintenance works starting Saturday 14 October.
Contractor FM Conway has been picked to undertake the replacement of the synthetic membrane which separates the bridge’s steel structure from…
A "complex" project to replace the deck of a century-old bridge in Hampshire is expected to take almost a year after the structure was found to be in worse condition than anticipated.
Hampshire County Council said Garnier Road in Winchester would remain closed until February 2024. The highway, which links the…
Wandsworth Bridge in London has reopened following the on-schedule completion of extensive repairs.
The project’s authority, Wandsworth Council, has also revealed an update to the bridge scheme in the form of plans to construct a new segregated northbound cycle lane. Wandsworth Council head of engineering group three Henry Cheung told NCE:…
National Highways will be ordered remove the concrete infill from beneath a 100-year-old bridge in Congham after its retroactive planning application was unanimously rejected by the local borough council.
St Andrew’s Lane Bridge in Congham was infilled in 2021 with around 1,000t of concrete for a cost of £127,000 by the…
Civil engineering firm Hammond ECS has completed maintenance works on the Grade II listed Pensford Viaduct in Somerset on behalf of National Highways.
The 304m long viaduct was originally opened in 1873 to carry the Bristol & North Somerset Railway over Chew Valley. Constructed in stone, it is made up of…
Transport for London (TfL) has appointed Costain to deliver the second phase of upgrades to the A40 Westway in London.
The Westway structures carry the elevated A40, taking traffic in and out of the west side of the city. It is used by 96,000 vehicles per day, making it one of…
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