A new bridge costing £121m and that hit the headlines due to its staff caught swearing on a loudspeaker system has scooped a national award despite some opening issues.

The Herring Bridge, which opened on February 1 in Great Yarmouth, has been named as Road Bridge of the Year at the New Civil Engineer Bridges Awards.

The award comes despite some opening issues, when it became dubbed as the "swearing bridge" after a control room blunder saw a volley of expletives played out to waiting for motorists on loudspeaker.

The teething issues continued when the town's new third crossing became stuck again for nearly a week due to a fault with a sensor on the bridge's locking mechanism.

The bridge officially opened in FebruaryThe bridge officially opened in February (Image: Denise Bradley) READ MORE: Great Yarmouth Venetian Waterways unveil new sculpture trail

Despite this, the judges were still impressed with the project that beat 175 other submissions for the award.

Speaking about Herring Bridge the event compere said: “The judges found this project to be a very impressive and interesting scheme.

"The project demonstrated an impressive scheme under challenging conditions, meeting time and budget targets.

"It featured a well-structured approach with clear coverage of the judging criteria and significant attention to minimizing carbon impacts. "