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National Highways beams up M67 bridge

09/04/2025

New images have been published by National Highways this week of eight steel beams that were craned into place as part of a £23m scheme to replace a bridge across the M67 in Denton, Greater Manchester.

First steps for Bury Interchange transformation

08/04/2025

Plans for a new pedestrian bridge have been announced by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) as the first part of plans to create Greater Manchester’s first operationally carbon-neutral transport hub at the Bury Exchange.

RAC Foundation/ADEPT survey: Bridge backlog rises to almost £6bn

17/03/2023

Great Britain is facing a total bridge maintenance backlog of close to £6bn, an increase of some £400m, as the nation saw another 14 partial bridge collapses over the last year.

Borough defeats parish in battle over bridge

12/01/2022

Tewkesbury Borough Council has defeated one of its own local parish councils in a court battle over the development of a road bridge over the railway in Ashchurch and Northway.

Video shows demolition of bridge on A38

16/05/2016

Highways England has released video footage that shows the demolition of a bridge over the A38 near Plymouth.

Roads Minister opens A138 Chelmer Viaduct

14/04/2016

Roads Minister Andrew Jones has officially opened a new £32 million road bridge in Chelmsford, Essex.

Balfour Beatty awarded £9.3m road bridge scheme

31/03/2015

Balfour Beatty will build a new road bridge over the M1 for Leicestershire County Council through the Midlands Highways Alliance Framework.

New £5.5m bridge to open on M56

26/03/2015

A new £5.5 million bridge over the M56 near Manchester Airport is due to open to drivers next Wednesday (1 April 2015).

New bridge moves closer to completion

19/02/2015

A new bridge over the Bexhill to Hastings link road will start to take shape with the installation of huge steel beams next week.

VolkerLaser awarded bridge refurbishment contract

16/10/2014

VolkerLaser has been awarded a £1.7 million contract by North East Lincolnshire Council for the structural refurbishment of Cleethorpes Road Overbridge, located in Grimsby.

Delays hit Welsh road bridge

01/09/2014

A new £20m bridge being built by Hochtief in Gwynedd will not open to traffic until next Spring.

Atkins launches "next generation" of composite bridges

27/08/2014

Atkins believes technology used to build the latest aircraft can save millions by being adapted to construct a new generation of bridges.

DfT to fund new A45 bridge in Solihull

18/08/2014

Building work on a new bridge that will improve transport links to the West Midlands can start after the Department for Transport (DfT) agreed to provide over £8 million in funding.  

Traffic chaos after falling concrete closes M6

24/07/2014

The M6 motorway was closed for several hours earlier today (Thursday 24 July 2014) after pieces of concrete fell from a bridge that runs over it.

Plans for £40m bridge unveiled

08/07/2014

Plans for a new £40 million bridge across the River Thames have been unveiled by Wandsworth Council.

Works starts on new £5.5m bridge

27/05/2014

Preparatory work to install a new £5.5 million road bridge across the M56 near Manchester Airport is underway.

New bridge over A14 installed in two days

14/04/2014

A new cycle and pedestrian bridge over the A14 in Bury St Edmunds was installed in just 48 hours.

Four in running for £11m bridge project

09/04/2014

Four contractors are in the running for an £11 million bridge improvement scheme in Scotland.

A9 bridge works completed early

20/02/2014

Refurbishment of the A9 Crieff Road bridge in Scotland has been completed two weeks ahead of schedule.

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