Engineers from Connect Plus work around the clock to keep the Dartford Crossing’s QEII bridge open, maintaining a balance between capacity for traffic and high safety levels for users.
The bridge is part of National Highways' network, but maintenance and decisions around bridge closures in adverse weather conditions are the responsibility…
The new £121M Herring Bridge in Great Yarmouth opened on Thursday 1 February and within two days had already run into technical issues that impeded traffic.
The twin-leaf bascule bridge was commissioned by Norfolk County Council and constructed by Bam Farrans JV. Over the weekend, 3-4 February, a technical issue meant…
The £121M Herring Bridge in Great Yarmouth has opened and has been hailed as one of the region’s most significant infrastructure projects.
The twin-leaf bascule bridge was commissioned by Norfolk County Council and constructed by Bam Farrans JV. Bam Farrans said the bridge which, as of 1 February, is open to…
The Tyne Bridge is to undergo full restoration works following confirmation from the Department for Transport (DfT) that it will provide £35.2M of £41.4M needed for the works and for improvements to the central motorway in Newcastle.
Local engineering firm Esh Construction is the main contractor in the project and has…
The Grade I listed Powick Old Bridge on the outskirts of Worcester has been closed to pedestrians and cyclists following the collapse of a foundation caused by recent flooding.
Worcestershire County Council’s highways and travel department posted to X (formerly Twitter) saying that the bridge is “not safe” and would remain…
“Hotels” for kittiwakes, a protected bird species, have been installed on the Tyne Bridge in preparation for the full restoration of the structure as it reaches its centenary.
Local firm Esh Construction, part of Esh Group, is the main civils contractor for the works, including the bird hotels and main works.…
A £3M scour remedial and preventative work programme is needed to save a road bridge in Aberdeenshire which was originally built in 1780.
Banff Bridge has been placed at the top of Aberdeenshire Council’s workbank prioritisation programme after serious structural issues were discovered during investigations. Councillors on the infrastructure services committee…
As the government deliberates over the development consent order for the proposed £9bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC), NCE was invited to spend an afternoon in the Dartford Crossing control centre to see why this project is so vital.
The LTC project will see 4.2km twin road tunnels, the longest road tunnels…
A bridge over the M42 near Birmingham that was hit twice by HGVs in the space of a week is to be demolished. National Highways made the determination following investigations last week, after the bridge was struck by two lorries using the motorway underneath it on 8 January and again…
Network Rail is preparing to install a new bridge over a London Overground line in Dalston.
Engineers will lift the brand new bridge structure into place using a crane this weekend, 27 and 28 January, to replace a 100-year-old bridge forming part of Kingsbury Road in Dalston. The bridge carries Kingsbury…
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