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The Department for Infrastructure and Transport (the Department) is undertaking major refurbishment works on the Old Murray Bridge. Old Murray Bridge was constructed over the Murray River in 1879, and is located on Bridge Street, Murray Bridge,…

Two existing bridges located along the M80 Ring Road were upgraded as part of the M80 Upgrade between Sydney Road and Edgars Road. An additional lane was added to each carriageway without widening either bridge. Both bridges were constructed with…

This paper will explore the opportunity to adopt 'low damage' seismic design technology in bridge design. Low damage designs offer a resilient and sustainable design option that provides a step change in seismic performance. However, to date these…

Major Road Projects Victoria upgraded the M80 Ring Road between Sydney Road and Edgars Road by building new lanes in each direction, lengthening existing freeway ramps, and installing ramp metering technology, with braided ramps between the Hume…

In early 2000, PTA has identified 31 dangerous level crossings within the urban electrified network with 20 of these crossings located along the Armadale Line. In 2014 the PTA undertook an assessment of the crossings and produced a report entitled,…

Ductile behaviour of steel is an important characteristic that underpins structural steel design approach. Ductility of steel enables it to undergo plastic deformation under overload conditions which serves as a warning sign indicating that the…

Monash Freeway spans across Jacksons Road and Police Road, originally as twin, three-span, highly skewed continuous I-beam bridges. These twin bridges were constructed in the 1970s with a wide gap in the median. Since then, they have been…

The Glenferrie Road bridge is located over Gardiners Creek in Hawthorn, Victoria and was constructed in 1891comprising three masonry arch spans with a total length of approximately 25 meters. The bridge was subsequently widened in 1921 by John…

Constructed in 1968, the Hay Street Bridge complied with bridge height clearance standards at that time. However, data indicated that the bridge was hit 20 times by over-sized vehicles, nine of those during the past five years to 2020. BG&

Adelaide Hills Council, like many Local Governments (LGs), is confronted with the task of managing a large network of road structures which continue to age and deteriorate, while at the same time the requirements of users continue to grow with…