Bridges

The M4 into London was one of the UK's earliest and most ambitious motorway projects. It was bold, pioneering... and almost instantly regretted.

Hardwick Roundabout in Kings Lynn finally got its flyover in 2003, but it wasn't what the locals had expected. Is it the UK's most misunderstood junction?

The A52 Clifton Bridge's major emergency repairs are bringing chaos to Nottingham. What's gone wrong - and how could it be a total surprise? Civil engineer Alex Romankiw explains.

Nothing lasts forever. This week, after 43 years, the "temporary" Army and Navy flyover has been given its marching orders.

The A90 Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is the biggest road construction project the UK has seen for years - but there's something very wrong with the bridge over the River Don.

The capital's planned new river crossing faces opposition at every turn. Why has it always been so hard to find new ways across the Thames in East London?

Two lovingly-produced booklets commemorate the opening of the M2 and the Medway Bridge, its major engineering feature.

The toll booths are gone but you still need to pay. If you don't... what next?

There's plenty of pictures of the three magnificent bridges over the Firth of Forth at Queensferry. But not many are taken from beneath.

A new bridge across the Mersey opens tonight. Will it bring the banks of the river closer together or split Halton borough in two?

The UK's newest motorway, the M90 Queensferry Crossing, opens today... and closes again on Friday.

Today two motorways cross the Severn near Chepstow. But as recently as 1965, the only crossing was a ferry that carried six cars at a time, from Aust to Beachley.

Today you can catch a train to France. You can even put your car on it, and be there in less than an hour. But in the 1980s, Euro Tunnel had competition - including plans to build a motorway across the English Channel.

If you've ever been on the M62 across the Pennines, you'll know the one. It's the huge arched bridge 120ft above the road. And this is what it's like when you're standing on top of it!

Taken over the course of two years, from 2002 to 2003, these sixteen images chart the construction of two new bridges alongside the M2 Medway Viaduct.

Thousands of vehicles travel the M6 between the M56 and M62 each day. They all cross the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, and the bridge that carries them is notorious from travel reports nationwide. But what does it actually look like from the ground?