Historic bridges

24 Jul 25

Berlin’s historic golden lion footbridge restored

A timber truss bridge suspended from lion-anchored cables.
22 Jul 25

Wales: innovative access system to be used in repair of historic suspension bridge

Sprucing up the parapets of the Menai Bridge.
10 Jul 25

Campaigners in Ireland urge council to retain historic reinforced concrete bridge

Save bridge for its cultural and industrial heritage value, say amenity groups.
26 Jun 25

Community pressure releases historic Tokyo bridge from 1960s overpass

Grassroots campaign brings an iconic structure back into view.
22 May 25

Bridge refurb halted by London super sewer set to resume

Charity seeks contractor to paint Victorian structure in central London.

15 May 25

UK engineers get ready to raise historic cast-iron bridge

Renovating a rail bridge that outlasted seven monarchs.

13 May 25

Moving with the times

A temporary modular crossing featuring a removable span is maintaining road and river traffic during the repair of a historical bascule bridge in Ontario, writes Bill Killeen
17 Apr 25

UK heritage railway back on track after council agrees to adopt bridge

Council steps in after bridge owner objects to maintenance obligation.

25 Mar 25

Funds promised for restoration of Spain’s ‘Roman’ Bridge

The Spanish government has promised funding for the reconstruction of Talavera’s flood-damaged bridge.
23 Jan 25

Prague rail bridge designer selected

Replacement three-track bridge to improve Czech capital’s suburban rail network.
14 Nov 24

Government of Canada takes ownership of Québec Bridge

Rail body hands historic bridge to federal government.
08 Nov 24

A future vision in motion

Advanced computer vision-based systems are poised to transform structural health monitoring and maintenance practices in bridge engineering, write Liwei Han, AbdulSame Fazli and Qi Ye.
06 Nov 24

Maltese valley to get back its lost stone arched crossing

Ruined bridge will be restored as part of island development plans.
06 Nov 24

Hanger work finished on historic Welsh island link

168 wire rope hangers replaced on Menai Bridge.
24 Oct 24

Belize plans to replace iconic hand-cranked swing bridge

Government of Belize in talks with Japanese development agency about rebuild project.
22 Oct 24

Pittsburgh USA: steel arch bridge closed for analysis

City bans vehicles from Panther Hollow Bridge on recommendation of inspectors.
17 Oct 24

UK historic cast-iron bridge protected in rail upgrade

1830s overbridge will be raised as part of Transpennine improvements.
26 Sep 24

Fire destroys historic Canadian truss bridge

Suspected arson caused timber bridge fire, say emergency services.
03 Sep 24

1831 UK suspension bridge gets full restoration after four-year closure

Nationally important archaeological site getting piece-by-piece restoration.
19 Aug 24

UK bridge trust appoints inspectors

Six-year contract awarded for inspection of bridge with modern and historic elements.

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