Second joint fault found on M62 Ouse Bridge

A second faulty bridge joint has been found on a stretch of motorway in East Yorkshire.On Monday, National Highways said drivers should expect "substantial delays" on the M62 after inspectors found a newly fitted joint on the Ouse Bridge had failed an inspection.Lanes one and two of the westbound carriageway, between junctions 37 and 36, remain closed.On Tuesday, the agency said another faulty joint had been found and said lane three on the eastbound carriageway would need to close after morning rush-hour on Wednesday. This would enable engineers to safely examine the fault, it said.
In a social media post, National Highways said: "We are hoping to hear about the way forward from our specialist engineers after the joint has been assessed."Investigations to establish the cause of the earlier joint fault are continuing, it added.National Highways told the BBC the first fault involved a newly fitted joint. The age of the latest faulty joint is not yet known, however.Drivers endured more than two years of delays and speed restrictions after inspectors found in 2022 eight joints on the bridge had failed. Restrictions were lifted in October 2024.
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