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    Concerns over impact of extreme weather on road bridges

    by Neil Lancefield Mar 27, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Archive

    One in every 25 bridges on Britain’s local roads are unable to carry the heaviest vehicles, new figures show.

    Motoring research charity the RAC Foundation, which carried out the analysis, expressed concerns over the impact of severe weather and a shortage of engineering skills.

    It found that local authorities identified 2,928 of the 73,208 bridges they are responsible for as being substandard at the end of last year.

    This means they

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