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Bridge Engineer’s Blog: Illuminating the Old Bridge for Christmas

December 8, 2023

Since its installation during the Rochester Bridge Refurbishment Project, the enhancement lighting on the Old Bridge has proved incredibly popular. Installed within the bowstring-shaped trusses, the multicoloured lights highlight the ...

A visit by the Worshipful Company of Engineers

December 7, 2023

On Tuesday, 17 October 2023, a delegation from the Worshipful Company of Engineers visited the Rochester Bridge Trust. This review of the day was published in Swordsman Magazine, the publication ...

Leading engineers visit Rochester Bridge Trust

October 30, 2023

Rochester Bridge Trust’s commitment to sharing best practice in engineering and bridge maintenance has seen it host visits and give talks to a range of organisations from the Clifton Suspension ...

Six centuries of agriculture

October 15, 2023

For hundreds of years the Rochester Bridge Trust has provided a crossing over the River Medway at Rochester at no cost to the public. The Trust is entirely self-funded and ...

Visitors enjoy engineer-led tours inside Rochester Bridge

October 9, 2023

To coincide with Heritage Open Days week, the Bridge Team launched its own event, opening hidden areas of the crossings that are used by tens of thousands of people every ...

New scholarship to encourage future engineers

October 5, 2023

Students in their final year of GCSEs can now benefit from £600 in funding to support them during their A-Levels. The Harriott Engineering Scholarship is open to non-selective state school ...