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Elizabeth Quay Pedestrian Bridge, Perth
Arup drew upon its local and global engineering skills and design excellence to develop and deliver a key focal point of Perth’s prestigious new waterfront development, Elizabeth Quay, to our client, MRA’s, delight and widespread acclaim. A key…
Maribyrnong River Bridges: Planning and Assessing the Upgrade to a Portal Frame
This paper provides a general description of the background, planning and assessment of the Maribyrnong River Bridges (also known as E. J. Whitten Bridge) located over the Maribyrnong River as part of the corridor wide M80 Ring Road Upgrade. The…
The Design and Construction of the Bennelong Bridge
The Bennelong Bridge located in Western Sydney was opened on May 22nd, 2016 and is a dedicated Transit Way (T-Way) for busses, pedestrians and cyclists connecting the suburbs of Wentworth Point and the Rhodes peninsula.
Pedestrian Suspension Bridge for Bibbulmun Track
A feature of the central part of the 1000 km Bibbulmun Walk Track through natural forested areas of south-west Western Australia, had been the re- use of a disused railway bridge over the Murray River at Long Gully until this timber trestle bridge…
New Mandurah Traffic Bridge: Incrementally Launched Superstructure with Curved Soffit
The Old Mandurah Traffic Bridge carries Old Coast Road over Mandurah Estuary in the City of Mandurah, WA. The current structure is deteriorating and the existing two-lane road requires an upgrade to four lanes, due to increased population growth in…
Shared Path Bridges over Warringah Road Frenchs Forest, Sydney, Australia
As part of the Northern Beaches Hospital Connectivity and Network Enhancement Project, Warringah Road is being upgraded and widened to accommodate grade separation. The upgrade includes two new shared path bridges, at Forest Way and Hilmer Street,…
Levels of Service for Non-Freight Road Users

This report documents the results of an Austroads project to identify the asset management needs and level of service (LOS) requirements of future non-freight road users.

Preliminary work documented the relationship of this project to other Austroads…

Defining Asset Management Level of Service Requirements for Freight on Rural Arterial Roads

This report documents the outcomes of surveys of road freight drivers, operators and road infrastructure managers to better understand their asset management level of service (LOS) requirements.

The survey responses identified three primary road…

Distraction and Attitudes Towards Safe Pedestrian Behaviour
Pedestrians account for around 14% of Australian road deaths annually. International research suggests that pedestrian distraction from smart phones may lead to greater risk of trauma. Ownership of smart phones in Australia is high, suggesting this…
Incorporating Uncertainty in Pavement Management System (PMS) Modelling: Phase 1

This proof of concept study used the data condensation technology of stochastic information packets (SIPs) in MS Excel to allow complete storage of all collected data. This approach, when connected to a pavement management system (PMS), was able to…