A recent volunteer mission to Ethiopia completed construction of a new footbridge over the Blue Nile River. William Billings tells his personal story of the expedition

Preliminary design for the Hong Kong – Zhuhai – Macao link has just been completed, and bids for the design build contract for the island and tunnel are expected to be invited later this year. Report by Zhang Jin Ping, Meng Fan Chao, Xu Guo Ping and Liu Xiao Dong.

A major bridge crossing in Canada’s remote Northwest Territories is set to move ahead again after being halted for an extensive and rapid redesign. Prabhjeet Raj Singh and Matthias Schueller report

One man’s five-year adventure tracking down the world’s highest bridges has culminated in the launch of a fascinating new website. Helena Russell reports