Bennett Brook Bridge
Bridge Design Structural Engineering
56m single-span bridge over culturally significant watercourse, featuring innovative shallow inverted-arch steel girders with no riverbed disturbance.
Location:
Caversham, WA
Client:
Highway Construction for Main Roads Western Australia
This bridge spans a small watercourse, which is of great significance to the beliefs of the Aboriginal people.
The 56m single-span bridge incorporates 6 steel-plate girders, with a shallow, inverted-arch shape, craned into position between the abutments. The bridge has a significant skew and construction had to take place without any equipment or temporary works being placed in the 52m zone of Aboriginal significance in the riverbed.
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