1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (511+ words) A bridge in County Londonderry is to fully reopen to all vehicles following five months of repairs, the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has said. Kilrea Bridge closed on 20 September after extensive cracking was discovered in a retaining wall. The bridge…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (179+ words) One of the main bridges in the centre of Shrewsbury will be closed to traffic in the evening and overnight next week for emergency repairs. An inspection of Welsh Bridge found "a significant number of balustrades on both parapets" were…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (200+ words) Poole's Twin Sails Bridge has reopened to all traffic after being closed for more than five months. The lifting bridge, which connects the town centre with Hamworthy, was shut on 26 August after a routine inspection deemed the lifting mechanism unsafe…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (515+ words) Repair works to a bridge that are causing traffic problems must be carried out now otherwise "there won't be a bridge", a councillor has said. Temporary traffic lights at Ferry Bridge in Portland, Dorset, have caused major tailbacks for people…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (330+ words) A Victorian bridge closed more than two years ago after it was found to be unsafe and had "severely deteriorated" could reopen to cyclists and pedestrians. Tests were carried out on the Boxted Bridge on the Essex-Suffolk border, near Colchester,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (245+ words) Repairs to the footway of a 13th-Century bridge which triggered protests from environmental campaigners have been completed. Otley Bridge, which spans the River Wharfe and links the two halves of the town, saw demonstrations in January after Leeds City Council…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (479+ words) Work to repair a Surrey road which collapsed nine months ago will not be completed until March at the earliest, a water company has said. In June, engineers working for Surrey County Council (SCC) said a network of Victorian sand-mining…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (169+ words) A section of the A38 has been closed due to a bridge expansion joint defect, highways bosses have said. The eastbound carriageway in Devon is temporarily shut between the B3380 at Lower Dean and A384 at Buckfastleigh for emergency repairs. National Highways said…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (947+ words) Potholes and worn-out surfaces are the bane of every road user's life. But could a new material reinforced with graphene, the world's strongest substance, be the solution? The results are in - and they are promising. The first council in the…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (152+ words) A sewer pipe under a main road into a city centre has burst closing the road. The Southern Water sewer main has burst under the A2030 Eastern Road, Portsmouth closing the road between Tangier Road and Burrfields Road. Portsmouth City Council…...