Contractors working for Transport Scotland have begun a major two week engineering operation to launch the Port Eglinton Viaduct as part of a scheme to install a "missing link" between Glasgow's M74 motorway and the M8.

Twelve preliminary bridge design concepts have been unveiled for the new double-decker Brent Spent Bridge linking Kentucky and Ohio across the Ohio River in the USA.

Shortcomings in design, inspection and maintenance meant that heavy corrosion was allowed to develop in a rail bridge that collapsed in Scotland last year, according to a report published today by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB). RAIB has recommended 11 actions for Network Rail including improvements in the examination of hidden critical parts of structures.

A third series of ground and marine investigations for the Forth Replacement Crossing is set to begin later this month on behalf of the two consortia seeking to build the bridge.

Whangarei District Council in New Zealand has annouced details of its plans for a new crossing of the Hatea River, saying that the bridge will feature a design with an eye-catching mix of history, culture and industry. The council has released preliminary concepts featuring steel and wood options.

Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has issued an announcement today inviting individual companies and teams to respond to a request for proposals of interest in partnering on the Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) project.

It is time for the bridge industry to start working towards a ‘green’ standard by which to design and build bridges. Scott Snelling suggests how this could work

A new bridge with unsymmetrical arches and a curved deck has just opened in Guangxi in China. Futang Wei, Rijin Huang and Xiaoqun Gao report

Progressive corrosion in the suspender cables of Panama’s 50-year-old Bridge of the Americas led to their replacement earlier this year. Patrick Ladret reports