Latest Bridges News

Network Rail is preparing to start its £4.6M upgrade of the historic Brunel-designed Chepstow Viaduct.

The 170-year-old bridge over the River Wye is undergoing a major refurbishment as part of a wider package of work to secure the future of the Severn Estuary line. Engineers will carry out steelwork repairs, waterproofing,…

Turkey and Syria’s infrastructure has been severely impacted by two earthquakes registered last Monday, 6 February.

The first 7.8-magnitude earthquake was followed by a subsequent 7.5-magnitude quake and many aftershocks making this the most powerful cataclysm to have occurred in Turkey since 1939. While it is too early to tell the…

Final designs have been revealed for HS2’s Balsall Common Viaduct in Warwickshire.

It comes after the plans were submitted to Solihull Council for approval. The plans have been drawn up by HS2’s main works contractor Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV), supported by a design joint venture of Mott MacDonald, Systra and architects…

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £16.8M contract to demolish and replace the southern piled viaduct of the A985 Kincardine Bridge, near Falkirk.

Transport Scotland awarded the contract on 7 February. Work is due to take roughly two years. The category A listed bridge opened in 1936, but the southern approach…

The installation of a new bridge in Cornwall has been delayed for a second time.

Costain and Keltbray were originally due to carry out the bridge lift in January as part of National Highways’ A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross upgrade. However, the project was pushed back after “unsuitable ground conditions” meant…

A defect in a bridge on the M3 in Hampshire is causing traffic delays as Kier engineers try to conduct emergency repairs on a joint.

National Highways has said the infrastructure defect has closed two lanes of the motorway heading northbound between junction 12 for Eastleigh and junction 11 for Winchester.…

More than 1,000 pieces of steel have been welded together to form support frames for the final phase of the stabilisation of Hammersmith Bridge.

Hammersmith Bridge has been permanently closed to all traffic since cracks widened in its cast iron pedestals in August 2020, sparking concerns that it could suffer a…

The Menai Suspension Bridge was forced to close after engineers ruled that there was a “credible risk of an unzipping failure of the bridge deck [which] may have led to catastrophic loss of life”, NCE can reveal.

The 176m-long road bridge spanning mainland Wales and the Isle of Anglesey was closed…

Two cranes, one weighing over 1,000t, have been used to lift beams into place as part of a new bridge near Halifax.

The bridge spans the Calder and Hebble Navigation, around Salterhebble, near Halifax. Eight beams, 48m long, 3m wide and weighing over 250t in total, have been guided into position…

The installation of a new bridge in Cornwall has been delayed due to “unsuitable ground conditions”.

Costain and Keltbray were due to carry out the bridge lift this weekend as part of National Highways’ A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross upgrade. However, the project has been pushed back by at least a…