The span of the $1 million Brooker Bridge will be lifted overnight as drivers warned to be aware of road closures and plan ahead

All things being equal, Hobartians should wake up on Saturday with another new bridge in the city. SEE WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE

ALL things being equal, Hobartians should wake up tomorrow with a new bridge.

The span of the $1 million Brooker Bridge will be lifted tonight and into the early hours of tomorrow morning with several road closures in place during the weekend.

It will be the second bridge built in the state’s capital this year after the span of the Bridge of Remembrance was lifted into place last month.

To complete the first stage of the project, there will be a full closure of Brooker Ave between Liverpool and Brisbane streets and the adjoining section of Bathurst St, Bathurst St between Campbell St and Brooker Ave, and the intersection of Edward St and Brooker Ave. These full closures will operate from 7pm today to 11am Sunday.

Joe Poke, carpenter with VEC Civil Engineering, at the location of the new foot bridge across the Brooker Highway from the Domain to the city. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES

The bridge will make crossing the busy Brooker Highway much easier. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES

Between 11am and 5pm on Sunday there will be two lanes open southbound and northbound on Brooker Ave between Liverpool and Brisbane streets so people can get to the NAB AFLW match between North Melbourne and Carlton at North Hobart Oval.

Full closures will resume at 5pm until 6am on Monday.

A Hobart City Council spokesman said the recent smoky haze which had engulfed Hobart due to the Tasmanian bushfires would not hinder the operation.

The bridge will form another link between Bathurst St and the Queens Domain.

An artist’s impression of the completed structure. Picture: Terroir Architects