These photos caught my eye because the arch struck me as being very flat. And then I learned that this rather big bridge is just taking a railroad over a 4-lane highway.
Major Road Projects Victoria posted two photos with the comment:
Numbers in action 🔢On the Princes Highway Upgrade between Traralgon and Sale, we’re installing an impressive-looking rail bridge for the Bairnsdale railway line in Kilmany. Here’s a snapshot:- 16 arch segments- 450 tonnes of structural steel- 800 tonne mobile crane and 350 tonne crawler crane to handle the lifting- 1000 cubic metres of concrete poured once we’re finishedIn layman’s terms, that’s a lot! It’s made out of z-grade steel, a low-sulfur steel with an ability to bend and warp, which is a good thing, meaning it can flex for heavy loads.With new lanes now open between Sheepwash Creek and Flynn’s Creek Road and Velore and Templetons Road, we’re getting close to sliding in the bridge structure in the middle of the year.For updates: https://bit.ly/3I42wjT
[I wish the numbers included the length of the span.]
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The arch looked flat because the photos are showing just the top part of it. The railroad overpass is so big because it is heavily skewed with the highway and they dug a deep valley for the road.
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| Eb Rabich commented on the above post |
This view shows that they are building the new road alignment south of the existing road.
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| Street View, Jul 2022 |
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