Severfield welding crisis hits five National Highways bridges

The full extent of the welding problems impacting both HS2 and National Highways bridges is emerging in the wake of steelwork contractor Severfield laying bare production problems.
The Enquirer can reveal five road bridges are now known to be suffering from defective welding in addition to the nine bridge structures impacted on HS2.
While both HS2 and National Highways are refusing to name the specific bridges and structures impacted, weight restrictions have been applied to several affected roa