Publications

In September 2020 a 128 km/hr gust of wind caused a truck travelling over the Auckland Harbour Bridge to tip over damaging a diagonal member of the central truss bridge at the middle of the main span. This incident took the central four lanes of…

The $400 million Tonkin Gap and Associated Works Project is part of an infrastructure package announced in 2019, addressing a major bottleneck on Tonkin Highway between the recent Gateway WA and Northlink WA projects and preparing the existing…

Austroads is currently updating Section 3: Inspection, Testing, Monitoring and Reporting of the Guide to Bridge Technology Part 7: Maintenance and Management of Existing Bridges. The project involves taking a fresh look at the inspection process to…

Pot bearings installed in bridges constructed before 1970 are coming to the end of their nominal 50-year design life. In recent years, a new generation of spherical bearings has become available as an alternative to pot bearings. These bearings…

Castlereagh Road is a key transport corridor in Western Sydney which was constrained by the existing rail overbridge at Penrith on the Sydney Trains Main Western Line adjacent to the Great Western Highway. A new bridge spanning 40m across the…

The 11th Austroads Bridge Conference brought together more than 400 delegates from Australia and New Zealand. A diverse audience comprising 

Durability of post-tensioning tendons is an important backbone for the achievement of the desired service life of prestressed post-tensioned structures. Experience by others, including failures and rehabilitation of major pre-stressed concrete…

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…