A14 Orwell Bridge to undergo 'delicate operation' to replace joints02/05/2025 This June a contraflow system will be installed on the A14 Orwell Bridge, which carries more than 60,000 vehicles a day across the River Orwell in Suffolk, so that two joints can be replaced on the westbound side of the structure. |
A14 lane closed as check triggers bridge safety fears09/09/2024 National Highways has closed a lane on the A14 Orwell bridge after discovering a bridge joint in a potentially unsafe condition. |
National Highways completes A14 road rebuild01/07/2024 A stretch of the A14 in Suffolk is now fully open after National Highways completed a £37m project to reconstruct and replace the concrete road surface. |
A14 rebuild to reuse crushed concrete19/04/2023 National Highways has begun substantive work on a scheme costing £37m to replace the concrete road surface of a stretch of the A14 in Suffolk. |
Reset your satnavs: A14 upgrade is complete07/06/2022 The final construction element of the £1.5bn A14 upgrade in Cambridgeshire has opened, bringing to a close the biggest investment in road infrastructure for a generation. |
National Highways consults on A14 Junction02/11/2021 National Highways has launched a consultation on proposals for the busy A14 Copdock Interchange in Suffolk. |
Jenoptik hails success of bridge cameras01/10/2021 Average speed cameras are reducing speeds on the Orwell Bridge in windy weather, the providers of the technology have said. |
'Rgu ok?' A14 spillage serves up feast of puns03/06/2021 No one was hurt in an incident involving a food spillage on the A14 in Cambridgeshire but it left the road looking like the set of a horror film and led to some even more horrific puns. |
A14 scheme 'to have positive biodiversity impact'08/04/2021 Highways England’s A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon scheme is predicted to add to the amount and quality of habitat for wildlife, according to a new report. |
The A14 story continues: Co-ordination is king12/03/2021 The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme carried off three trophies at the 2020 Highways Awards - Road Enhancements and Marking Project of the Year, Major Project and the Judges' Special Merit Award. Behind all this success was a commitment to detail, co-ordination and collaboration, say the team at Keyline Civils. |
The A14 story part 4: The strength beneath the structure14/10/2020 The latest in our A14 series comes from the team at Tensar, whose reinforced soil systems were used extensively on the Highways England improvement project, delivering permanent structures for junction improvements and load bearing abutments for temporary bridges. |
The A14 story part 3: From two wheels to four legs02/10/2020 The third in our series of exclusive behind-the-scenes briefings on the award winning A14 scheme from the team at Atkins tells how motorists, walkers, cyclists and horse-riders are all benefiting from the upgrade. |
The A14 story part 2: Economy plus ecology23/09/2020 The second in our series of exclusive behind-the-scenes briefings on the award winning A14 scheme from the team at Atkins. This week Highways hears about how a legacy of wildlife habitat innovations was achieved. |
The A14 story: The team moves digital forward16/09/2020 In the first of a series of articles from Atkins on its role in the award winning Highways England A14 scheme, the team discuss how their pioneering approach to digital technologies is a further legacy of the project. |
Waste not - 10,000 tonnes of ash used in A14 scheme08/07/2020 More than 10,000 tonnes of ash from Drax, the UK’s biggest power station, was used in the early completion of the UK’s biggest road scheme. |
Highways England hails A14 success as it opens six months early06/02/2020 The A14 improvement scheme – Britain’s biggest road project – is set to open more than half a year early, Highways England has announced. |
As one A14 opens, another closes10/12/2019 Highways England has closed a part of the old A14 in Huntingdon to begin the removal of the viaduct in the town. |
Highways England names the date for A14 opening07/11/2019 The 12-mile Huntingdon Southern Bypass – part of the UK’s biggest road upgrade – will open to traffic on Monday 9 December. |
A14 sees trial of video wall tech15/05/2019 A new energy-efficient portable video wall developed by intelligent transport system solution manufacturer Bartco UK, in partnership with Highways England, has been launched. |
Driverless truck trialled on A14 project02/05/2019 Self-driving trucks are being tested for the first time in England on the UK’s biggest road upgrade project on the A14. |
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