The first of Network Rail’s innovative new low-carbon, lightweight and affordable “Flow” pedestrian bridges has opened in Shropshire as a replacement for a dangerous level crossing.
The Flow bridge has been designed and funded by Network Rail’s research and development team alongside leading industrial specialists Foflo, Knight Architects, Jacobs, Sui Generis,…
Upgrades to three bridges have begun on the M62.
Contractors are replacing parapets on the bridges that carry the motorway, in both directions, over the A162 at junction 33 (Ferrybridge). National Highways has announced that there will be a mix of daytime hard shoulder and lane closures on the M62 and…
Engineers have examined fractures on the legs of the Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which collapsed in January last year.
The 136m-long three-span steel girder bridge collapsed on 28 January, on the same day that president Joe Biden was visiting the city to announce a $1.2 trillion (£1 trillion) infrastructure…
The Menai Suspension Bridge will reopen to traffic later this week following an emergency closure in October.
The bridge between Anglesey and mainland Wales will reopen with a 7.5t weight restriction from midnight on Thursday 2 February. It comes after four weeks of emergency repairs carried out by Spencer Group. The…
A third council has ordered National Highways to submit a retrospective planning application for infilling a historic railway bridge.
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Council has informed National Highways that it must apply for retrospective planning permission to retain the concrete infill at Congham bridge, close to King’s Lynn. The 97-year-old…
The Crimean Bridge has been repaired and reopened to traffic following an explosion in October that saw several spans collapse into the water below, according to Russia.
Initial reports following the blast said that repair works would not be completed until July 2023. This week Russia deputy prime minister Marat Khusnullin…
The independence, strength and value of the first deals made by the new UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) has been questioned in a report published today by the Public Accounts Committee.
The UKIB was launched in June 2021, providing £22bn of infrastructure finance and partnering with the private sector and local government…
The 2.6ha Mayfield Park in Manchester has been transformed as part of a new £1.4bn regeneration project across the city’s Mayfield district.
Civic Engineers acted as the lead civil and structural engineer on the delivery stage of the project which required a carbon-saving focus on re-using the park's historic structures, in…
Engineers have found further faults on Poole’s troubled Twin Sails Bridge while repairing one of the 55m-high masts, which snapped on Monday and forced the bridge’s closure.
The Twin Sails Bridge is the world’s first triangular “leaf” lifting bridge. The mast snapped while engineers were investigating a fault with one…
Defective prefabricated beams recently installed as part of a project to build a new bridge over the A602 in Hertfordshire will be removed this week.
Concerns identified after installation last year regarding several prefabricated beams in the new A602 Dane End Bridge have led Hertfordshire County Council to remove them. The…
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