Drone footage shows Gympie Bypass construction near completion | Video

As the last of 730 bridge girders are installed on the $1billion Bruce Hwy Bypass, breathtaking new video and photos of the most recent work have been released. See the photos, watch the video:

The delivery and installation of the last 21 of 730 bridge girders and deck units on the 26km Gympie Bypass have been installed, bringing bridge construction on the $1billion project near completion.

The Bypass has 42 bridges being built in 23 locations over waterways, local roads, the North Coast Rail Line and the new Bruce Highway and is due to open in 2024.

Two of the bridges are more than 250m long (eight spans); the first girders were installed on the project in October 2021 over Tin Can Bay Road; the final girders were installed on the 250m long Six Mile Creek Bridge on September 26, 2023.

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The largest girder on the project was more than 38m long and weighed 102.5 tonnes.

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The Gympie bypass is jointly funded on an 80:20 basis, with the Australian government contributing $800 million and the Queensland government $200 million.

The delivery and installation of the last 21 of 730 bridge girders and deck units on the 26km Gympie Bypass have been installed, bringing bridge construction on the $1billion project near completion.

It is estimated to support an average of 570 direct jobs over the life of the project, which is on track to be complete in late 2024.

For more information about the project, visit www.tmr.qld.gov.au/cooroytocurra (choose ‘Section D’).

For up-to-date information about traffic changes, visit www.QLDTraffic.qld.gov.au

“The Gympie bypass has overcome a long list of challenges like a world-wide pandemic, several floods and supply chain issues but it is powering ahead and we are getting the job done,” Qld Transport Minister Mark Bailey said while on site at Keefton Road on Thursday.

The delivery and installation of the last 21 of 730 bridge girders and deck units on the 26km Gympie Bypass have been installed, bringing bridge construction on the $1billion project near completion.

“The completion of these girders is a major milestone for this critical road infrastructure project, and I thank the workers on this project for their efforts.

“If each of the bridges were placed end-to-end, they would span almost four kilometres, which is longer than Queensland’s longest bridge, the Ted Smout Memorial Bridge which crosses Hays inlet and links Brisbane to Redcliffe.

The delivery and installation of the last 21 of 730 bridge girders and deck units on the 26km Gympie Bypass have been installed, bringing bridge construction on the $1billion project near completion.

“I would like to thank the community and the travelling public while we delivered these vital pieces of precast concrete bridge elements to site from Brisbane, one truck (or jinker as they are also called) per girder.”