Publications

Transport for New South Wales, (TfNSW) receives thousands of requests every year to allow Higher Productivity Vehicles (HPV), high risk mobile cranes and heavy load platforms to access NSW aging road and bridge network. The HPV's access requests in…

Since 2018, the Victorian Department of Transport (DoT) has been on a journey to improve the asset management practices of Structures under their control by developing the Structures Service Framework (SSF). The SSF defines governance, roles and…

Square Hollow Section (SHS) and Rectangular Hollow Section (RHS) members are commonly used as column legs and bracing of sign support structures. The AASHTO LRFD Specifications for Structural Supports for Highway Signs, Luminaires, and Traffics…

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 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…

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…

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…

Assessment of heavy vehicle access is a key challenge for local government in Australia which is only becoming more critical as structure assets age and the demands associated with the freight task increase. Bridge assessment in Australia has been…