Final girders delivered on Upper Warrell Creek Bridge

The final girders for the Warrell Creek Bridge are now being put in place, bringing completion of the $380 million Warrell Creek to Nambucca heads section of the Pacific Highway in NSW one step closer.

“Installing these final 20 girders is a great indication of how close we are to seeing the upgrade, which will vastly improve safety for the region and remove trucks and holiday traffic from local streets, completed,” said Federal Minister for Infrastructure Darren Chester in a statement.

Each girder, weighing about 150 tonnes and almost 42 metres long, was made at a purpose-build precast site north of Macksville.

Since March last year, 146 bridge girders had been delivered as part of the Pacific Highway upgrade, 80 of which were transported through Macksville at night.

The Australian and NSW governments are each contributing $415 million towards the $830 million Warrell Creek to Nambucca Heads section of the Pacific Highway upgrade.