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Work begins on world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge in Hungary

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Preparatory work has begun to create the world record breaking pedestrian suspension bridge in Sátoraljaújhely, in rural north-east Hungary.

The HUF4bn (£9.3M) bridge will connect the town’s peaks, Várhegy and Szárhegy, stretching a distance of 700m and standing at a height of 80m. The walkway will be 1.2m wide and dip…

Manchester rail bridge replacement work underway

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Work to replace a railway bridge in the North West got underway this weekend as part of the Great North Rail Project.

Chew Bridge in Westhoughton, Greater Manchester, will be replaced with a new steel structure next month. The new crossing will be taller, to allow high-voltage cables to fit above…

Watch: Steel beams lifted into place for £61M A46 flyover

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Footage released by National Highways shows the moment giant steel beams were lifted into place for a new £61M flyover on the A46 at Binley, Coventry.

Over two weekends last month, specialist teams used a 750t crane to lift 32 beams - weighing a combined 720t - into place at Binley…

Network Rail begins £2.3M project to replace Wirral bridge

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The Wirral railway line will be closed between Birkenhead North and West Kirby this weekend (22-23 January) and the following as Network Rail engineers work to replace a bridge on Bridge Road in West Kirby.

The current bridge was first installed in 1877 and has a jack arch structure made from…

Construction completed on Dubai’s £79M Infinity Bridge

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Six Construct, the Middle East subsidiary of Belgian construction group Besix, has completed the delivery of the “Infinity Bridge” in Dubai with the structure handed over to client, Dubai roads operator, Road & Transport Authority (RTA).

The road bridge structure was known as the Shindagha Bridge before it was re-named as the…

Podcast | How digital engineering is improving project delivery

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The latest episode of The Engineers Collective is out now.

Jacobs senior associate director and practice group lead for intelligent asset management Steve Yule and Collins Engineers director of unmanned aircraft systems, artificial intelligence and reality modelling Barritt Lovelace join NCE editor Claire Smith and reporter Catherine Kennedy to discuss…