Welding crisis road bridges revealed
Highways England has confirmed the names and locations of the five bridges hit by the Severfield steel welding crisis.
Specialist weld tests have been carried out on four of the five with the last tests presently underway.
The roads agency said its assessment indicated no immediate safety risk to road users, although National Highways has imposed restrictions preventing abnormal load movements on the bridges.The biggest of the projects was for Costain on its A1 Birtley to Coalhouse contract, nea
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