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Rutland Bridge is set to close for the next three weeks, after a lorry collision caused significant damage to the structure.

The bridge in question, St Margaret Street Bridge, is in what Network Rail described as a “very poor condition”, and has reached the end of its operating life.

Repair work on bridges along the M6 has now resumed, following delays last month during the first weekend of the project.

Concrete is one of the foundations of the modern world, with the extensive compressive strength of the material allowing for stronger and larger buildings to be possible.

Bristol’s city centre has been affected by gridlock as no fewer than three bridges have been affected by repairs, the Bristol Post reports.

Some of the most complex types of concrete repairs often involve taking place at busy motorway junctions, in no small part because it can be very difficult, if not impractical to close the road entirely, meaning that repair programmes need…
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Many forms of construction use expansion joints. They are used to help relieve stress caused by structural movement. This gives strength and flexibility to structures and allows them to move safely instead of the movement causing damage. Structural movement can…
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Britain has several of the most notable suspension bridges in the world, including several former world record holders for the longest, but perhaps few are more spectacular than those built by engineer Thomas Telford in the 19th century. His crowning…
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