Andrew Jones, the roads minister for the UK, opened a new £32 million road bridge in Chelmsford with the aim of increasing the capacity of vehicles on the road and resulting in improved journeys for drivers.

The new viaduct has three lanes and is 900 metres in length, and Mr Jones believes that it will help to boost the local economy, as it replaces an old bridge from the 1930s that is set to be demolished.

All of the 1,800 tonnes of steel that were used to build the new viaduct bridge were sourced from the UK.

The building of this road bridge forms an important part of the government's £15 billion roads investment programme in the UK, which has been improving roads in Britain since the 1970s.

As well as a new viaduct, the new Chelmsford project features a new footway, cycleway and a footpath.

Mr Jones commented: "I am delighted that we have delivered this much-needed new bridge with an extra lane, which will help cut journey times for hard working people in Chelmsford and deliver economic growth."