Doncaster Council

The Bridges Service

Within this Group is a specialist team of bridge engineers providing professional services to National Standards for the development, design and construction of major highway schemes where bridges or retaining walls or other highway structures are included - such as in the new North Bridge project and the Denaby Main Diversion project. 

This team also programmes, arranges and carries out regular cyclic inspections of, and determines the requirements for the maintenance of, all bridges and highway structures under the control of Doncaster Council (over 871 in number). Where required this includes the determination of load carrying capacities of these bridges and developing, designing and controlling the construction of any required strengthening and maintenance works. Budgets for this work are compiled and once granted are controlled by the Group.

The team also provides advice to all Council Directorates and external organisations on matters relating to bridges and highway structures, and on the routing of abnormal loads through the borough in relation to loading on bridges.

As such this advice and information procurement results in contributions to, and production of Board Reports, Planning Consultations and Construction assessments and reviews, attendance at corporate groups and officer working parties for such projects as North Bridge, Denaby Main Diversion, Lakeside and Waterfront.