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These graceful, pioneering structures still form part of an escape from town to country, over 170 years after they were first built. Managed by National Highways and now leased to Sustrans on a long-term basis, they’ve been restored and maintained with care, in partnership with Bolton Council. This proud reminder of the North West’s industrial history now takes cyclists and walkers out to…

Once part of the Marefield Junction to Leicester Belgrave Road, the bridge opened to rail traffic at the same time as Belgrave Road station in 1882 and was used primarily to transport iron ore. Share this article Location: Ulverscroft Road, Leicester Status: Completed History Leicester Belgrave Road was the Great Northern Railway terminus in Leicester, England. The main services were to Peter…

STEM learning We're engaging students in STEM learning through Minecraft, the world’s best-selling video game Unlock young minds National Highways is inspiring young people to learn about the range of rewarding careers that connect people around the country. We need a diverse workforce t…

Back Published 04 February 2025 Press Release After a fair and open competition, Kim Shillinglaw is to join National Highways on 10 February 2025 as a Non-Executive Director of the Board. After a fair and open competition, Kim Shillinglaw is to join National Highways on 10 February 2025 as a Non-Executive Director of the Board. Kim has a wide and varying portfolio of non-ex…

In this section On this page: Putting driver safety first How we are delivering the government’s smart motorway evidence stocktake Our fourth year progress report Stocktake and progress reports Putting driver safety first England continues to have some of the safest roads in the world. Compared to other roads, motorways remain the safest to travel on. We want drivers to not only be safe, b…

We are making safety and capacity improvements to this important strategic route to support economic growth and planned development in the region. Start date Started End date 2024-25 Cost £282 million Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 27 June 2025 Update on work programme throughout July We’re carrying out essential maintenance and improvement works along the M42 between j…

A key strand of activity on the road to net zero is the transition to cleaner vehicles on our roads. We are working on a range of initiatives underway to support this goal. One action we committed to in our net zero highways plans is to publish a blueprint for EV charging services on our roads. This is a fast developing area and since the publication of Net zero highways: …

Published 10 Oct 2024 We invited military students to visit our M25 junction 28 scheme Share this article Royal Engineers, known as 'Sappers', are well known for organisational, planning and engineering skills. There's no better way for student military engineers to learn than from our industry experts. Our specialists gave engineers of the future a tour of the new road road and major struct…

The contract award completes the team that will build the Lower Thames Crossing, as BMJV joins Balfour Beatty (Roads North of the Thames) and Skanska (Kent Roads) In this section Share this article Published 07 Dec 2023 National Highways has today (07 December 2023) announced that it has awarded Bouygues Travaux Publics – Murphy Joint Venture the contract to build the country’s large…

This privacy notice provides information about how personal data is used with regards to query resolution and other occasions where you may contact our Customer Contact Centre and other enquiry services. This privacy notice sits beneath our top level privacy notice and provides information about how personal data is used with regards to query resolution and other occasions where you may contact o…