Herring Bridge in Great Yarmouth has been shortlisted for the prestigious Transport Project of the Year Award in the 2024 British Construction Industry Awards.
The winner will be announced at a gala dinner in the Great Room at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel, London, on 9 October 2024.
The BCIA Transport Project of the Year category award "recognises transport projects that are enhancing capacity, providing better connectivity and improving or helping to improve reliability of local, regional or national transport services."
Herring Bridge is among seven projects shortlisted for the award. The other finalists are: Barking Riverside Overground Station, Barking Riverside Pier, Halifax Bus Station Redevelopment, HS2 Chiltern Tunnel, London Gatwick Rapid Exit Taxi Way and University Station Redevelopment.
A complex bridge, marine and urban works scheme
Herring Bridge is a new twin leaf bascule bridge over the River Yare in Great Yarmouth. As the town’s third crossing of the River Yare, it enhances the port’s reputation as both an international gateway and a major UK offshore renewable energy, oil, and gas base.
Since its opening on 1 February 2024, the bridge scheme has transformed travel across the town, connecting communities on either side of the harbour, easing traffic congestion, shortening journey times, and improving journey reliability. It carries two lanes of vehicular traffic in each direction and incorporates a footpath and a cycle way to provide pedestrians and cyclists with safe passage over the water.
Additional scheme features include:
- junctions with the A47 to the west and South Denes Road to the east
- dual carriageway approach roads with segregated cycle and pedestrian facilities
- two single-span bridges
- pile-supported approach embankments
- feature landscaping on the quayside to create a new public realm
- flood protection works
Roughan & O’Donovan (ROD) led the detailed design of the project on behalf of BAM Farrans, a joint venture between BAM UK & Ireland and Farrans Construction. Our design partners were H&H and Lanpro.
