The 1100-tonne is jacked into position
The 158-metre-long structure was moved into place in 13 hours using a specialist push-pull jacking technique.
The East M42-M6 Link Viaduct is one of 13 viaducts that make up HS2’s triangular Delta Junction. This…
Smart motorway technology[1] supposed to keep broken-down drivers safe from traffic is failing nearly once a day, a freedom of information (FoI) request has revealed.There were 174 power outages that hit vital smart motorway safety equipment in th…
Barston has been revealed as one of the ‘poshest places to live’ by The Telegraph
It’s been named the poshest village in the Midlands – and you can live there too if you have a spare £1.35 million. A beautiful five bedroom house is on the market in Hob…
Ministers have been urged to bring back hard shoulders across the UK’s 200-plus miles of smart motorways in response to ongoing concerns for road safety.
The PM cancelled the rollout of future all-lane running smart motorways a year ago due to the lac…
The TEG Index revealed that both haulage and courier prices are starting to rise, increasing by 3.2 points overall, to reach 117.7 in March 2024.
This follows two consecutive months of price declines in January and February. The rise also marks a 2.9 …
They are essential to keeping the country moving, but motorway patrol officers[1] see strange, dangerous and even abusive behaviour from motorists every day.
The blue, yellow and orange chequered cars belonging to National Highways officers are a commo…
Hereford and Worcester Shooting Ground, near Redditch and Bromsgrove, is to close at the end of 2024 as Ian Butler retires after owning the site for around 45 years.
The freehold site, which was established in 1946 as the Westley Richards and William …
A section of the M42 near Birmingham Airport was closed in both directions on Wednesday night due to a police incident, the National Highways service said.The service said on X, formerly Twitter, that the motorway was closed between junctions six and s…
Shocking footage shows the moment a stolen car raced caused a huge smash – before a cabbie was robbed of his taxi at knifepoint as a suspect made their getaway.
Police only brought the incident to an end when they ‘boxed in’ the stolen can on the M6 an…
The 300-tonne beam was assembled offline and hydraulically push-pulled into place
Victor Buyck Steel[1] Construction has moved the first viaduct section into place over the motorway network in North Warwickshire as part of HS2’s Delta Junction.
The c…
West Midlands Roads have put out a message on social media to warn people of congestion in the morning and afternoon on the M42 around junction 6 near the NEC due to the Caravan, Camping and Motorhome show.
The congestion is expected to take place each…
A motorway bridge on the M42 near Birmingham Airport, which was hit more than 20 times by vehicles in the last decade, has been demolished. The bridge, located between junctions seven and six, was damaged beyond repair after being struck twice in one w…
A 4,000-tonne bridge over the M42 motorway has been demolished to make way for the HS2 railway.Demolition experts used excavators to remove the bridge in 52 hours, while articulated dumper trucks took the rubble away from the scene in Solihull.It is th…
A motorway bridge smashed more than 20 times by cars and lorries has been demolished. The structure on the M42[1] was hit 20 times in the past decade, and was damaged beyond repair after it was struck twice in one week by two lorries in January.
Since …