Inspections have revealed that the Tyne Bridge in northern England will require more extensive repairs than first anticipated.
The city council of Vancouver in Canada has agreed the contract award for a project to reconfigure a bridge and its approaches to improve access for walking and cycling.
An emergency bridge repair contract has been awarded for the replacement of joints on the M62 Ouse Bridge in Yorkshire, England.
The concepts for a US$90 million upgrade of the Tasman Bridge in Australia have been released for public comment.
Birmingham City Council in England has awarded a US$72 million contract for the upgrade of the Tame Valley Viaduct.
The Tyne Bridge in Newcastle, England, has been allocated government funding that will allow it to be fully refurbished in time for its centenary.
The Welsh government said that it plans to replace the hangers on the historic Menai Bridge.
The tender process is now under way to find a contractor to replace an 80m section of the Kincardine Bridge in Scotland.
Refurbishment of the Redcliffe Bascule Bridge in Bristol, England, is to restart next month with a new contractor.
The discovery of a second failed bridge joint has forced lane closures on the M62 Ouse Bridge in Yorkshire, England.
The Canadian city of Brantford has published a report that looks into short- and long-term options for three bridges over the Grand River.
Galway City Council in Ireland is planning to add a cantilevered pedestrian walkway to the Wolfe Tone Bridge.
Site work will begin this month for a project to restore Hammersmith Bridge in London, England.
The latest edition of an annual report into the state of US bridges says that 36% need repair work and that 78,800 should be replaced.
About 15,000 bridges across the USA are to be repaired or replaced under a new funding programme set out by the government.
Work will get under way this month to modernise the southbound Simon Fraser Bridge in British Columbia, Canada.
The US state of Rhode Island is set to begin work on the US$78 million rehabilitation of the westbound portion of Washington Bridge.
Preparatory work is set to start next week for the rehabilitation of a 19th-century US bridge that is a cantilever truss but resembles a suspension bridge.
The US state of Maryland has set out proposals for a number of bridge projects in its draft six-year capital budget.
Work is now under way on a project to extend the life the cantilever roadway of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE) in New York.
