Our bridges include structures more than 100 metres long and over 15 metres high, including the 150 m Warrawee Suspension Bridge and all 42 in-situ piers of the New Bridgewater Bridge, Tasmania’s largest transport infrastructure project.
Each bridge project draws on our in-house capability: design, prefabrication, temporary works, foundation piling, in-situ concrete, heavy lifting and roadworks.
Road Bridges
Our principal construction material is prestressed concrete, and we also build road bridges with steel girders and concrete decks.
Since our first project in 2011, our road bridge work has ranged from highway and rural bridges to mine site structures, along with flood repairs such as the replacement span on Hoggs Bridge near Railton after the 2016 floods.
Other key capabilities and experience include:
- Design of concrete and steel bridges
- Bridge construction to the AS 5100 and the Victoria Road Standard Specification with full QA systems
- In-house precast capability to support the programme if required
- In-house fabrication of formwork, moulds, temporary works, steel barriers and ancillary components
- A wide range of temporary works including box girder match casting hydraulic trolleys, piling guides, temporary bridges, erection gantries, gangways, barges and pontoons
- Piled foundations, including driven or bored piles
Pedestrian bridges
Building a pedestrian bridge is as much about form as function. We have constructed more than 20 pedestrian bridges in steel, aluminium, composite and concrete, including truss, girder, cable-stayed and suspension bridges and two bridges for use in Antarctica, using advanced software to analyse complex vibration modes and geometry. The 150 m Warrawee Suspension Bridge and the Earth Award-winning Seaport Pedestrian Bridge in Launceston were both delivered by BridgePro.
Strengthening and rehabilitation
With increasing loads and ageing infrastructure, strengthening an existing asset is often the most economical solution. BridgePro has undertaken works on more than 50 road bridges across Tasmania, including CFRP laminates and wraps, external post-tensioning and bonded plates, deck replacements, bearing replacement and protective coatings. Read more about strengthening and maintenance.
In-house precast
Prestressed girders to 32 m, precast parapets, wingwalls and abutment sections, formwork, moulds, temporary works, match-casting trolleys, piling guides, temporary bridges and erection gantries are all produced at our Latrobe facility, which lets us control quality and programme on every bridge we build.
