The Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk planning committee has recommended National Highways’ retrospective application for its 1,000t of infill of the 100-year-old Congham Bridge be refused.
This means the roads operator will possibly be made to remove the concrete from beneath the bridge in a timely and costly…
Overnight closures of the M62 Ouse Bridge in the East Riding of Yorkshire resume tonight, 25 September, as the extensive work to replace the defective bridge joints across the carriageway continues.
The closure of both the eastbound and westbound carriageways between junctions 36 and 37 from 11pm tonight to 5am tomorrow…
Maintenance work on the 93-year-old Weymouth Town Bridge has begun today, 25 September.
It is the second phase of work on the bascule bridge, after Dorset Council carried out repairs to welds on the surface of one half in 2022. Now the other half of the bridge is set to receive…
Bear Scotland will begin a project to install automated diversionary barriers at the Queensferry Crossing tonight, Monday 25 September, on behalf of Transport Scotland.
The barrier system will be installed to divert traffic away from the road bridge following failed attempts to keep it open when ice falls from the cable…
A major motorway bridge in Kent remains partially closed a week after emergency works were ordered — as parts are required from abroad.
Two lanes of the M2 crossing of the River Medway in Kent are expected to stay shut to traffic until at least the weekend. National Highways said a…
Major repairs to a Grade II-listed stone bridge in Yorkshire are progressing on schedule after it was hit by a car.
The incident, which occurred in September 2022, caused “significant damage” to the Bubwith Bridge's headwall and parapet. The bridge carries the A163 over the River Derwent. North of England…
The removal of the Spence Lane footbridge over the Armley Gyratory in Leeds is to begin later this month as the wider £41.97M Armley Gyratory upgrade scheme nears completion.
Spence Lane footbridge is the first of three footbridges around the gyratory, along with Geldard Bridge and Wellington Road Bridge, to be…
Network Rail is undertaking a £3.8M refurbishment of the 193-year-old Sankey Viaduct in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, ahead of its 200th anniversary.
According to Network Rail, the Grade I listed viaduct’s opening in 1830 forged the world’s first intercity passenger route connecting Manchester and Liverpool “with a regular timetable as we’d recognise today”.…
Esh Construction has commenced works to restore the Grade II-listed, 389m Tyne Bridge linking Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead.
The bridge opened in 1928 and was last refurbished and repainted in 2001. In recent years the bridge has fallen to a state of disrepair, with inspection works carried out by Esh…
Images from National Highways’ ongoing removal of the concrete infill beneath the 19th century Great Musgrave bridge show that damage has been done to the underside of the historic structure.
The masonry arch bridge in Cumbria carries the B6259 over the former Eden Valley Railway. Infilling of the 161-year-old bridge was…
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