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Croatia

Croatia celebrates as €420m bridge on Adriatic coast nears completion

It will connect Dubrovnik with the rest of the country and allow north-south travellers to avoid going through Bosnia.

Russia

Traffic on Trans-Siberian Railway halted after bridge collapse

Heavy rains have caused a bridge collapse in Russia, blocking traffic on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Ecotech

Old wind turbines are being reborn as bridges in Ireland

Decommissioned wind turbine blades are a recycling nightmare, inspiring inventive solutions like turning them into bridges.

Moments

The world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge opens in Portugal

Look away if you are scared of heights! This 516-metre bridge is suspended above the Paiva River in northern Portugal.

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World

After years of delay, renovation works for the iconic Chain Bridge in Budapest gets underway

After years of delay, renovation works for the iconic Budapest bridge connecting the Buda and Pest parts of the Hungarian capital, have finally started.The project is expected to cost around 51 million euros and to cause some disruption to the capital's residents.

Portugal

Victims of Portugal's deadly bridge collapse remembered 20 years on

Portugal's president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, paid tribute to the 59 victims of the 2001 tragedy.

Italy

Genoa bridge collapse: Italian financial police arrest six executives

Italian financial police have issued arrest warrants against six executives following an investigation over the Morandi bridge collapse in Genoa in 2018.

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Italy inaugurates new bridge after deadly collapse

Italy inaugurated a new bridge in Genoa in place of one that collapsed and killed 43 people two years ago.

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US civil rights icon John Lewis' casket crosses Edmund Pettus Bridge

The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis has crossed Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge for the final time as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon.

Italy

Italian bridge collapses injuring only one thanks to lockdown

One man was injured and another walked away from the scene but on a normal day this could have been a disaster, and thoughts of Genoa prevail.

Italy

At least six dead as extreme weather batters Europe

Storms across France, Italy and Greece over the weekend have killed at least six people, and left one more missing.

World News

Two dead and several injured after bridge collapses in France

A suspension bridge near Toulouse collapsed as a lorry, a car and possibly a van were crossing

Italy

Watch: First section of new replacement Genoa bridge is installed

The first section of a new bridge in Genoa was installed on Tuesday to replace a viaduct that collapsed last year, killing 43 people.

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Dramatic footages shows bridge collapse in New Zealand

Dramatic footage showed a traffic bridge being washed away as a heavy storm lashed New Zealand's West Coast on Tuesday (March 26).

Italy

Watch: Demolition of Genoa's collapsed Morandi bridge begins

Forty-three people died after a section of the bridge fell on August 14. The disaster was described as the worst tragedies in modern Italian history.

Russia

Pedestrian bridge collapses in Moscow's Gorky Park

Thirteen people are reported injured after a pedestrian bridge crowded with revellers collapsed during New Year celebrations in Moscow's Gorky Park.

China

Watch: World's longest sea-crossing bridge opens for traffic in China

Watch: World's longest sea-crossing bridge opens for traffic in China

World News

Watch: World's longest cross-sea bridge opens on Tuesday

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, in Zhuhai city, that connects the east and west sides of the Pearl River Delta in South China will officially open on Tuesday.

China

Watch: Tourists test their nerve on glass slide in China’s Shangluo

Visitors in Shangluo, a city in northwestern China, are testing their nerve on a glass slide and glass-bottom bridge.

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Watch: NY Governor Cuomo and Hillary Clinton open new bridge

New York's governor on Friday opened the second span of the new Hudson River Bridge that bears his father's name, taking the opportunity to criticise President Donald Trump as being "obsessed" with building walls instead of bridges.