Launching a new technique Calder m % zr -a* * i A i ; Freeway n JSf/i 9fl i 8 "A >M • V4*' . „ .• Wi ** 1 1 *1 7 > :; yr •-»• I * -II h ii fij Z [ W K W 1i Kÿi H«i 5 Above: Concreting of pier top on the west •» 7 _ : i bridge. May 1988. - » Left: Launching of the bridge deck near Ml completion, with the deck about to land on the fifth pier. A, Below: Construction of piers for the - «i fc. -fe fil bound carriageway. W0 > # r • \ I i n -V; m \ywm An engineering first for has taken place % on the Gisborne Bypass project. IM The twin, six-span bridges are the State s first to be wA r M \ -1 built using the incremental launch or "push-out" • technique. M ft 1 •n Vi i gr zal* * The method involves assembling a bridge superstruc¬ T-*. ture in segments of approximately one span and launching’ it into its final posiUon. ; w-vaw Incremental launch technique offers major savings in ? ii --7 time and significant cost savings in scaffolding and X falsework. - to ij - 4 —% The overall length of the bridge is 217 m with the •- - __ H, mm- * • •• maximum pier height at 31 m., making it one of the largest bridge constructions in Victoria. JSijrd The bridge contractor was Rowe and Thomas Pty Ltd ? of • • * . W'f ! V * Vi Additional information Contact the Regional Manager, RCA, Central Highlands Region, 1315 Sturt Street, , Victoria, 3350. Telephone (053) 32 7361 Bypass of Corporate Affairs, RCA Head Office, 60 Denmark Street, Kew, 3101. Telephone (03) 860 2430 RCA Gisborne Produced by RCA's Corporate Affalrs-March 1989 Information Brochure Cover Photo: RCA Page 4 Photos: Jan Thomas March, 1989 » A

Road Construction Authority Colder Freeway Bypass of Gisborne

The Calder - an important link □ -i .* ROAD \ I The Calder (Route 79) is the major LAWSON cr *8 road link between Melbourne and Bendigo 4 X* and Victoria's north-west. \ o □ NORTHERN RAILWAY The Road Construction Authority adopted • ©- * has 3 a comprehensive strategy for the progressive X NEW GISBORNE upgrading of the to four lanes x between Keilor and Bendigo. in FERRIER ROAD Jm As part of this strategy, work has been com¬ pleted on the 7km bypass of Keilor. the 4km duplication of the highway betweeen Ravenswood W‘ and Big Hill, south of Bendigo, o ’ and now the § fc * 6km bypass of Gisborne, 50km north Mel¬ r: *_* i t* of CO bourne. CRLJ MAGNET HILL £ i Ft*. Why the bypass ROAO $ The bypass is needed MORROW The need for a bypass of Gisborne was recog¬ nisedin the early 1970's. Aftercompletionof * the planning studies, the route was included in the Shire of Gisborne's Planning Scheme in August, 1980. JACKSONS Traffic counts show that 10,000 vehicles per day travel through Gisborne (population 5000). 6 :0AD Through traffic bound for Bendigo and Victo¬ sfc ria's north-west make up a high percentage of % Gisborne these vehicles. HOWET STREET The bypass will not only reduce travel time for n motorists, but removing through traffic will ■s provide a safer commercial centre for shoppers % / \ 1 % % and pedestrians and will improve conditions \ % for local traffic. ( / \ / MCGREGOR ROAO I ROAO \ / WlLluWBANK. \ The Project Considering the Environment Contractors The bypass has been designed to blend in Rowe & Thomas, bridge contractor, The bypass has been funded under the Fed- The pavement baseconsistsof 400 mix m of wet with the local environment. Cooke's Construction Pty Ltd, eral Government's Australian Bicentennial crushed rock from Rosslynne obtained the Dam In association with the engineering design of Leech Earthmoving. Road Development Programme. Quarry, Gisborne, and placed using the RCA's the bypass, the following features have been McClure Construction, Construction of the project began in February Autograde paving machine. included: Kerr Quarries Pty Ltd, 1983 and it is to be opened to traffic on 17 Ferrier Road has been deviated from its original * planting of trees and shrubs to reinforce and Pty Ltd, March, 1989. Moreverk intersection with the Calder Highway to link complement existing local species adjacent to F & F Fernandez, The project extends from McGregors Road, south with Mt Macedon Road. the bypass reservation; 39th Quandrant, of Gisborne, to Mt Macedon Road, north of * preservation native vegetation where pos¬ Kuzman Brothers Constructions Pty Ltd, Gisborne, a distance of 6km, and will pass to of Fifteen Tepelux, the east of the town. sible to retain theexistingcharacter of the area: con¬ Colony Constructions Pty Ltd, Interchanges are provided at Howey Street and *use of materials not suitable for freeway GFC IndustriesPty Ltd, Station Road with an overpasson theGisborne- Cost struction for landscaping in earthmounds and batter flattening. Sist Bros Pty Ltd, Kilmore Road. The total cost of the project is$25 million made Fleming Constructions Pty Ltd. Twin six span bridges over Jackson's Creek are up of: As well as visual appeal, the planting of trees and shrubswill servefunctional purposessuch 216 metres long. 11 metres wide and 30 metres Federal Government (Australian Bicentennial Cover: aerial view of the Jackson's Creek Bridge as erosion control high and were built using the incremental launch Road Programme): $24.15million and the reduction of head¬ during construction and Above: the Calder - a light glare. method(see page 4). State Government $0.85 million major road link between Melbourne and Bendigo.