Publications

The $323.7 million Echuca Moama Bridge Project involves construction of a new link road between Warren Street in Echuca and Boundary Road in Moama at Stage 3 of works. As part of the project, a new 2-lane road bridge and shared use path (SUP) bridge…

In South Africa, it is a requirement for all road agencies to conduct principal visual inspections of all bridge structures every five years. Smaller municipalities do not always have the necessary funds available for principal bridge inspections,…

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…

The previous New Zealand Bridge manual evaluation live loadings for normal traffic were based on multiples of the HN (normal) loading established in 1972, with 0.85HN intended to represent the unfactored effects of general access vehicles.…

Bridge Engineers, Design Managers, Constructors and Clients. We are all part of a privileged bridge community who deliver important infrastructure that stands for 100 years or more. Yet, we commonly understate and underestimate the importance of our…

The Northern Corridor Improvements project is an accelerated highway development scheme that is being delivered under an alliance contract for Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (Waka Kotahi) to improve travel time and reliability of inter-regional…

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…

The Eumemmerring Creek Bridge is located on the Cranbourne Line, beyond Dandenong in Melbourne's southeast. The single-track rail bridge was opened to rail traffic on Feb 2022, duplicating the existing track, and forms part of the wider Cranbourne…

As part of the West Gate Tunnel Project, the existing exit ramp from Footscray Rd westbound lanes to the elevated CityLink northbound lanes is to be upgraded and extended to form a new ramp (Ramp F3) that improves connection from Footscray Rd to…