The $263.2 million New Dubbo Bridge is continuing to take shape, with a third of the concrete deck, which will eventually support traffic crossing, now in place.
This major project on the Newell Highway in Dubbo is being jointly funded, with the Australian Government committing $210.6 million and the NSW Government providing the remaining $52.6 million.
“Once completed, the New Dubbo Bridge will transform the way western NSW residents, tourists and freight operators travel through Dubbo,” said Senator for NSW Deborah O’Neill.
“The Bridge will reduce travel times in the city centre and improve access across the Macquarie River, particularly during flood events.”
The decking along the 660-metre bridge structure is being built in sections, with each section involving the pouring of about 105 cubic metres of concrete to provide a deck slab of up to 25 centimetres in depth.
The deck pours will be carried out progressively while the rest of the bridge takes shape, with the final deck pour expected in mid-2025.
Once the concrete deck is completed, the final step in building the bridge surface will be to add an eight-centimetre thick layer of asphalt.
Pile driving was recently completed along the entire length of the new structure which crosses the Macquarie River and a section of the floodplain east of the river.
Construction is also underway for the network of roads that will link the bridge to the Dubbo road network, including road widening work at the intersections of Whylandra and Thompson streets and River and Bourke streets.
The New Dubbo Bridge project is due to be completed in late 2026, weather permitting.
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