Once-in-a-generation bridge building program
Kyogle Council is replacing 95 ageing timber bridges in the next two years as part of a once-in-a-generation bridge building program.
The 95 bridges will include all of Council’s current load limited bridges. Eighty-seven of the 95 bridges will be replaced with new concrete bridges, with a number of the smaller bridges to be replaced with culverts.
Council has received a $40.419 million grant through the State Government’s Fixing Country Bridges (FCB) Program to part-fund the replacement of 84 of the 95 bridges. Council will contribute $8.86 million to the project, while the Federal Government will put up $1.535 million for four bridges through its Bridge Renewal Program.
Council also will replace another 11 bridges as part of its current Delivery Program (bringing the total to 95 bridges). Of those 11 bridges, 8 have been funded as part of a multi-million-dollar package through the Australian Government’s Community Development Grants.
Council is managing the construction of all of the 84 bridges to be replaced under the Fixing Country Bridges Program, with Council itself constructing 78 bridges and overseeing construction of the remaining 6 by a local contractor.
There will be some short-term inconvenience and interruptions for residents and businesses as the program is rolled out, with Council asking everyone for their patience and understanding as we work through this unparalleled opportunity for the future prosperity of our community.
Bridge names
Fifty of the 95 bridges which are being replaced will have to be formally named. Council will undertake a community consultation process to find names for all 50 bridges, with the names to be determined in line with Council’s Naming Convention for Built Assets and Places Policy.
Bridge program status reports
Each month, a report on the bridge program status is presented to Council. The reports include updates, highlights, and plans for the next month’s works. The reports can be viewed by reading the Council meeting agendas (link here) and are also listed below in date order for convenience;
- Kyogle Council Bridge Program Status Report – January 2023
- Kyogle Council Bridge Program Status Report – November 2022
- Kyogle Council Bridge Program Status Report – October 2022
- Kyogle Council Bridge Program Status Report – September 2022
- Kyogle Council Bridge Program Status Report – August 2022
- Kyogle Council Bridge Program Status Report – July 2022
- Kyogle Council Bridge Program Status Report – June 2022
- Kyogle Council Bridge Program Status Report – May 2022
- Kyogle Council Bridge Program Status Report – April 2022
- Kyogle Council Bridge Program Status Report – March 2022
- Kyogle Council Bridge Program Status Report – February 2022
- Kyogle Council Bridge Program Status Report – January 2022
- Kyogle Council Bridge Program Status Report – October 2021
- Kyogle Council Bridge Program Status Report – September 2021
- Kyogle Council Bridge Program Status Report – August 2021
Bridge replacements to be managed by Council
*The bridge IDs refer to the road’s number in council’s road network (first number) and the number of metres from the start of the road to the bridge (second number).
Road Name | ID | Bridge name | Replacement Structure | Who will deliver the project? | Status of project | Will there be a sidetrack or detour? |
Askews Dip Road | Id 227-843 | To be named | Concrete Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Aspreys Road | Id 4-78 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Babyl Creek Road | Id 11-3626 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Babyl Creek Road | Id 11-59 | Bucklands Bridge | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Babyl Creek Road | Id 11-6549 | Heaslips Bridge | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Baileys Bridge Road | Id 6-1194 | Daley Bridge | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Baileys Bridge Road | Id 6-250 | To be named | Concrete Bridge | External contractor managed by Council | Tender awarded. Design in development | Detour through Wiangaree Back Road |
Bean Creek Road | Id 13-109 | Suffolks Bridge | Concrete Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Bingeebeebra Road | Id 19-4293 | Adams Bridge | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Bingeebeebra Road | Id 19-5977 | Scofields Bridge | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Bolan Road | Id 81-1674 | Little Terrace Creek Bridge | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Boomi Creek Road | Id 17-2810 | Mulcahy Bridge | Concrete Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack – limited access |
Boorabee Creek Road | Id 22-346 | Crawford Bridge | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Brindle Creek Road | Id 245-887 | To be named | Concrete Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Brown Knob Road | – Id 80-2729 | Dr Binnies Bridge | Concrete Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Brumby Plains Road | Id 18-3442 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Campbell Road | Id 185-0 | Clark Bridge | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Installation of girders and deck units programmed for early September 2022.
Expected completion September 2022. |
Sidetrack |
Capeen Creek Road | Id 29-100 | Mill Bridge | Concrete Bridge | Council | Piling works in progress.
Expected completion November 2022. |
Sidetrack |
Capeen Creek Road | Id 29-4250 | To be named | Concrete Bridge | Council | Completed | |
Capeen Creek Road | Id 29-4448 | To be named | Concrete Bridge | Council | Piling works commenced | Sidetrack |
Castille Road | Id 273-108 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Chestnut Road | Id 31-721 | To be named | Concrete/Steel Bridge | Council | Piling works to commence February 2023 | Sidetrack |
Chestnut Road | Id 31-97 | Vary Bridge | Concrete Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Collins Creek Road | Id 27-23468 | Olesens Bridge | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Collins Valley Road | Id 35-322 | To be named | Concrete Bridge | Council | To be advised | Detour via Lynches and Collins Creek |
Connells Road | Id 32-3774 | No name needed | Pipe culvert | Council | Completed | |
Deep Creek Road | Id 44-1070 | To be named | Concrete/Steel Bridge | Council | Piling work in progress | Sidetrack |
Duck Creek Road | Id 138-13999 | Allens Bridge | Concrete/Steel Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Duck Creek Road | Id 138-5588 | Curtis Dip Bridge | Concrete Bridge | Council | Completed | |
Duck Creek Road | Id 138-12136 | Gears Bridge | Concrete/Steel Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Duck Creek Road | Id 138-16101 | Tierney Bridge | Concrete/Steel Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Dunns Road | Id 39-1828 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Ferndale Road | Mcqueens Bridge – Id 52-3428 | No name needed | Pipe culvert | Council | Open to traffic. Clean-up works remain.
Expected completion early September 2022. |
Sidetrack |
Gambleys Road | Id 66-409 | To be named | Concrete Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Ghinni Ghi Road | Id 57-1073 | Peter Fin Bridge | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Gooleys Road | Id 56-194 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Gorge Creek Road | Id 60-1847 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Gradys Creek Road | Id 59-1056 | Grieve Crossing | Concrete Bridge | External contractor managed Council | Tender awarded. Design development in progress | Sidetrack |
Gradys Creek Road | Id 59-11123 | Lamond Bridge | Concrete Bridge | External contractor managed by Council | Tender awarded. Design development in progress | Not known – waiting on contractors design |
Green Pigeon Road | Id 58-9432 | Mill Bridge | Concrete bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Green Pigeon Road | Id 58-7982 | Williams Bridge | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Hansen Road | Id 265-257 | To be named | Concrete/Steel Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Hootons Road | Id 247-6957 | Makings Bridge | Concrete/Steel Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Horseshoe Creek Road | Id 68-8166 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Prestressed girder manufacturing has commenced in late February. Precast abutments and headstocks are complete. We are currently monitoring rain forecast to determine the timing of this works. It may be better to construct outside of the wet season.
Expected completion mid 2023 |
Sidetrack |
Iron Pot Creek Road | Iron Pot Creek Road No1 – Id 73-15241 | No name needed | Pipe culvert | Council | Completed | |
Iron Pot Creek Road | Id 73-11458 | No name needed | Pipe culvert | Council | Completed | |
Iron Pot Creek Road | Id 73-17595 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Knights Road | Id 49-7063 | Grovers Bridge | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Kyogle Road | Id 141-B2411 | To be named | Concrete Bridge | External contractor managed by Council | Tender awarded. Design development in progress | Sidetrack |
Larsson Road | Id 140-6330 | To be named | Concrete/Steel Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Leeses Road | Id 84-250 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Levers Road | Id 269-157 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Piling works complete – abutment works in progress | Sidetrack |
Lindsay Creek Road | Id 86-5136 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Lynches Creek Road | Id 79-11064 | Hinde & Hurrell Bridge | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Macqueens Road | Id 223-363 | To be named | Concrete Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Mahoneys Lane | Id 93-704 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Montgomerys Road | Id 91-975 | To be named | Concrete Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Needhams Road | Id 50-9824 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Needhams Road | Id 50-4933 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Old Cob-O-Corn Road | Id 103-1951 | To be named | Concrete Bridge | External contractor managed by Council | Tender awarded. Design development in progress | Sidetrack – limited access |
Old Dyraaba Road | Id 82- 9200 | No name needed | Pipe culvert | Council | Completed | |
Old Lawrence Road | Id 106-18611 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Old Lawrence Road | Id 106-14873 | To be named | Concrete/Steel Bridge | External contractor managed by Council | Tender awarded. Design development in progress | Sidetrack |
Old Tweed Road | Id 191-1448 | Crane Bridge | Concrete bridge | Council | Completed | |
Phelps Road | Id 291-315 | To be named | Concrete/Steel Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Pines Road | Id 46-5526 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Rodgers Road | Id 115-1327 | Winterton Bridge | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Roseberry Creek Road | Id 112-7844 | Comerford Bridge | Concrete/Steel Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Roseberry Creek Road | Id 112-8374 | To be named | Concrete Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Ryans Creek Road | Id 113 – 2577 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Ryans Creek Road | Id 113-2687 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Ryans Creek Road | Id 113-3451 | Cook Bridge | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Sandy Creek Road | Id 122-2452 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Saunders Road | Id 118-407 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Sheddens Road | Id 229-126 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Slaters Road | Id 253-152 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Project in design stage – Works programmed for late 2022 (weather permitting) | Sidetrack |
Station Road | Id 256-5128 | No named needed | Pipe culvert | Council | Completed | |
Station Road | Id 256-9294 | No name needed | Pipe culvert | Council | Project in design stage – works programmed for July 2022 (weather permitting) | No sidetrack and no detour |
Tims Lane | Id 92-218 | Mahoneys Bridge | Concrete Bridge | External contractor managed by Public Works | Tender awarded. Design development in progress | Sidetrack |
Trentys Lane | Id 125-74 | To be named | Concrete/Steel Bridge | Council | Project in design stage | Sidetrack |
Tunglebung Creek Road | Id 131-9541 | Maslen Bridge – | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Tunglebung Creek Road | Id 131-3736 | Armstrong Bridge | Concrete/Steel Bridge | Council | Completed | |
Tunglebung Creek Road | Id 131-6378 | Secombe Bridge | Concrete/Steel Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Tunglebung Creek Road | Id 131-1738 | To be named | Concrete/Steel Bridge | Council | Abutment works complete. Girder and deck installation programmed for early February 2023. | Sidetrack |
Walsh Road | Id 77-185 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Whites Road | Id 167-378 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Wiangaree Back Road | Powells Bridge – Id 145-10457 | No name need | Pipe culvert | Council | Completed | |
Williams Road | Id 199-4694 | Barker Bridge – | Concrete Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Wyndham Road | Id 147-3429 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Wyndham Road | Id 147-160 | Campbells Bridge | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Wynlea Road | Id 266-74 | To be named | Concrete/steel bridge | Council | Completed | |
Yabbra Road | Id 152-494 | To be named | Concrete Bridge | Council | To be advised | Sidetrack |
Yongurra Road | Id 95-943 | No name needed | Pipe culvert | Council | Completed |