Redcliffe Bridge

For the bridge connecting Redcliffe, Queensland to Brisbane, see Houghton Highway.

Redcliffe Bridge, viewed from the southern end.

Redcliffe Bridge is a traffic bridge which carries Tonkin Highway across the Swan River in the Perth, Western Australia suburb of Redcliffe.

Designed by Maunsell & Partners and built by Thiess,^[1] construction of the bridge started in 1986. The bridge was constructed using an incremental launch technique, and cost A$15 million to complete.^[2] It was officially opened on 16 April 1988.^[3] The bridge is 271 metres long, with five spans and a pre-stressed concrete deck 34 metres wide, supporting six lanes of traffic.^[1] The structure of the bridge is that of a hollow box girder,^[1] with the outer sides of the deck supported by special Y-beams.^[4]

Gallery

The underside of the bridge
Detail of the distinctive Y-beams which support the outer sides of the bridge's deck

References

1 2 3 "Structurae: Redcliffe Bridge (1988)". Retrieved 2007-11-06.
↑ "Redcliffe Bridge" [video recording] (1988). West Perth, Western Australia: Department of Main Roads.
↑ "Appendix A - Dates of major changes to the road network". Main Roads Western Australia. Retrieved 2007-11-06. Redcliffe Bridge opened 16 April 1988.
↑ "Delta Corp - Civil: Bridge Construction". Delta Corporation. Retrieved 2007-11-06. Specially designed Y beams incorporated into the Redcliffe bridge project - Tonkin Highway. (image caption)

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Redcliffe Bridge is at coordinates 31°55′49″S 115°56′13″E / 31.9302°S 115.93703°E / -31.9302; 115.93703Coordinates: 31°55′49″S 115°56′13″E / 31.9302°S 115.93703°E / -31.9302; 115.93703

Road infrastructure in Perth

Freeways	Graham Farmer Freeway Kwinana Freeway Mitchell Freeway

Highways	Albany Highway Brookton Highway Canning Highway Great Eastern Highway (Bypass) Great Northern Highway Leach Highway Reid Highway Roe Highway South Western Highway Stirling Highway Tonkin Highway West Coast Highway

Bridges	Barrack Street Bridge Canning Bridge The Causeway Garratt Road Bridge Horseshoe Bridge Mount Henry Bridge Narrows Bridge Redcliffe Bridge Riverton Bridge Stirling Bridge Seventh Avenue Bridge

Transport in Perth

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