Project update 23 July

In the last week we carried out a thorough inspection of the concrete trusses and the process of breaking out the…

Project update 9 July 2021

With the road closed, in the last week we have been able to do more work above the bridge deck. This included…

Project update 16 July

On Monday we planed the road surface of the bridge, which now enables us to assess the condition of the bridge deck…

The importance of Cleveland Bridge

Although the bridge is almost 200 years old, and was originally built for pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages, it now carries around 17 000 vehicles a day, including coaches and heavy goods lorries weighing up to 44 tonnes. Bath and North East Somerset Council are…

Project update: 5 July 2021

Cleveland Bridge was closed as planned on Monday 28 June, and we have been monitoring traffic in and around the city centre.

The closure has enabled our contractors to move onto the next phase of scaffolding works, including lifting the footway to install…