Forgan Bridge

Forgan Bridge

New bridge finished construction, April 2010
Carries Motor vehicles, Pedestrians, automobiles
Crosses Pioneer River
Locale Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Preceded by

Sydney Street Bridge (-1938),

Forgan Bridge (1938-2011)
Characteristics
Design Pre-Cast Beam Superstructure
Material Prestressed concrete
Total length 485 metres (1,591 ft)
Width 26 metres (85 ft)
History
Designer GHD
Constructed by Golding Contractors Pty Ltd[1]
Construction begin May 2008
Opened 14 August 2011
Statistics
Daily traffic (30,000 vehicles per day)

The Forgan Bridge is a road bridge over the Pioneer River in Mackay, Queensland, Australia.

The construction of the duplication and replacement of the old Forgan Bridge commenced in May 2008 and was completed in August 2011.[2]

History

The original Forgan Bridge was opened on 30 March 1938 by Mrs Forgan Smith, wife of the Queensland Premier William Forgan Smith,[3] as a replacement for the earlier Sydney Street Bridge.[4] The bridge was named in memory of Mary Forgan, a mother of former Queensland premier William Forgan Smith.[4]

The construction of a new 485-metre (1,591 ft) long, 4-lane bridge commenced in May 2008. The A$148 million Forgan Bridge Replacement and Duplication Project included replacement of two bridges; the Forgan Bridge and the Barnes Creek Bridge, and widening of Barnes Creek Road. The existing two-lane bridges and road were replaced with new four-lane bridges and the road. The project was delivered in two stages; stage 1 included construction of a new two-lane bridges and stage 2 included demolition of the existing bridges and construction of another two-lane bridges in their place.

Construction Project timeframe:

References

  1. "Forgan Bridge Replacement". Golding Contractors Pty Ltd. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  2. "New bridge opens with big party". Kate Bastable (Dailymercury). 13 August 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  3. "Mackay Timeline". Mackay Historical Society. 19 September 2007. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  4. 1 2 "Forgan Bridge commemorates city pioneers" (PDF). Tim Mulherin, M.P. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 2010-03-08.

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Coordinates: 21°08′15.37″S 149°11′16.14″E / 21.1376028°S 149.1878167°E / -21.1376028; 149.1878167

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