Sydney region

ANZAC Bridge maintenance

Latest News - May 2012

The project team will be temporarily removing the two RSL 'rising sun' plaques from the ANZAC Bridge on Friday night, 11 May.
 
The plaques are located at the middle of the bridge span on the edge of the bridge deck on both sides of the bridge. The plaques will be removed from the bridge while the permanent maintenance walkways are installed along this section of the bridge.
 
The project team have been liaising with the RSL about the removal of the plaques and will take special care with these important monuments.
 
Once the maintenance walkways have been completed in this section of the bridge, the plaques will be reinstalled, to hang from the underside of the walkways. This will ensure they still hold a prominent position on the bridge.

The ANZAC Bridge is a Sydney icon and an important part of the road network. It is now fifteen years since the ANZAC Bridge opened to traffic and Roads and Maritime Services is undertaking a maintenance program to ensure its effective operation into the future.

The maintenance project will improve the bridge's stay cables, improve maintenance access to hard to reach parts of the bridge, improve the safety fencing and assist views from the bridge.

To find out more about the ANZAC Bridge maintenance project please visit the project overview page.

What's happening now?

Maintenance work on ANZAC Bridge started in November 2011 and will take around two years to complete.

The new permanent maintenance walkways on the southern span of the bridge have been installed along the both sides of the bridge. Work is now underway to install the maintenance walkways along the middle span o f the bridge.

In April, work commenced to improve the bridge’s stay cables. A robot is currently being used to apply a spiral rib to the outside of the stay cables. This is will help prevent the cables vibrating in windy and rainy conditions.

In early May the newly repaired maintenance gantry was reinstalled to the underside of the bridge deck.

To see photos of the work on ANZAC Bridge, click on the photo gallery to the right.

For Further Information

Please contact the project team:

Please note email will be acknowledged and responses will be provided as per correspondence to Roads and Maritime Services.

A stay cable with the helical rib completed A robot is used to weld the helical rib onto the stay cables Installing the permanent maintenance walkway on the south side of the bridge New permananet maintenance walkway on the north side of the bridge Reinstalling the maintenance gantry Reinstalling the maintenance gantry Reinstalling the maintenance gantry Reinstalling the maintenance gantry Reinstalling the maintenance gantry Reinstalling the maintenance gantry Reinstalling the maintenance gantry Reinstalling the maintenance gantry Installing the permanent maintenance walkway on the south side of the bridge The new permanent maintenance walkway installed on the north side of the bridge Installing the permanent maintenance walkway Project starting the installation of the permanent maintenance walkways Temporary fencing on the south side of the bridge Testing the installation gantry The mast climbers used to carry material and personnel to the bridge deck The mast climbers used to carry material and personnel to the bridge deck The new permanent maintentance walkway installed on the north side of thebridge Workers intstalling the permanent maintenance walkways ANZAC Bridge maintenance project compound site, Bank Street, Pyrmont ANZAC Bridge maintenance project compound site, Bank Street, Pyrmont ANZAC Bridge maintenance project, constructing the temporary material and personnel hoists at the Bank Street compound ANZAC Bridge maintenance project, removing the bridge gantry ANZAC Bridge maintenance project, removing the bridge gantry ANZAC Bridge maintenance project, constructing the temporary material and personnel hoists at the Bank Street compound ANZAC Bridge maintenance project, removing the bridge gantry ANZAC Bridge maintenance project, removing the bridge gantry ANZAC Bridge maintenance project community information session, Saturday 17 September 2011 ANZAC Bridge maintenance project community information session, Saturday 17 September 2011 ANZAC Bridge maintenance project community information session, Saturday 17 September 2011