Desmond Trannore Bridge

Desmond Trannore Bridge
Carries Motor vehicles
Crosses Mulgrave River
Locale Gordonvale, Queensland,  Australia
Design Girder bridge
Material Concrete
Total length 482 metres (1,581 ft)[1]
Construction begin 29 May 2008 (2008-05-29)[2]
Opened 20 April 2009 (2009-04-20)[3]
Replaces low-set Mulgrave River Bridge

The Desmond Trannore Bridge is a road bridge on the Bruce Highway over the Mulgrave River in Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia.

The bridge is named after Senior Constable Desmond Trannore, local police officer, killed in the line of duty in 1964.

The new 482 m (1,581 ft) long bridge is 5 metres higher than the existing Mulgrave River Bridge, to improve flood immunity during the wet season. It is also located 30 metres upstream from the existing bridge on a better alignment of the Bruce Highway.[4] The old Mulgrave River Bridge is regularly submerged by flood waters during the wet season.[1]

The construction of the bridge was fast-tracked by installation of 50 precast concrete girders.[5]

The bridge was completed as part of a number of projects undertaken by the Australian Government to flood-proof the Bruce Highway and provide all year round access to Far North Queensland.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bridge dry as road floods in Gordonvale". Melanie Petrinec (cairns.com.au). 28 December 2010. http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2010/12/28/142011_local-news.html. Retrieved 18 January 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Work starts on new $48 million Mulgrave River bridge". Department of the Premier and Cabinet. 29 May 2008. http://www.cabinet.qld.gov.au/MMS/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=58301. Retrieved 18 January 2011. 
  3. ^ "New Bridge Over Mulgrave River Opens To Traffic". Craig Wallace (Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government). 20 April 2009. http://www.minister.infrastructure.gov.au/aa/releases/2009/april/aa126_2009.htm. Retrieved 18 January 2011. 
  4. ^ "Local officer honoured in naming of Mulgrave River bridge". roadconstruct. 8 December 2009. http://www.roadconstruct.com.au/news/Local-officer-honoured-in-naming-of-Mulgrave-River. Retrieved 18 January 2011. 
  5. ^ "Massive crane to help deliver Mulgrave River bridge sooner". ozprodrivers. http://www.ozprodrivers.com.au/news.php?extend.6032.2. Retrieved 18 January 2011.