New safer, wider bridge opens over Northern Motorway at Albany
A new longer and wider bridge has opened over the Northern Motorway (SH1) to give motorists and people walking and cycling a safer connection to public transport, schools and business and retail areas at Albany.
The new McClymonts Road Bridge has been completed as part of the project, allowing the extended Northern Busway to pass underneath.
A section of McClymonts Road has been fully closed over the past three weeks so that a new road surface could be laid on the bridge and the finishing touches added to the roundabouts at each end. The bridge includes lanes for vehicles as well as an extra wide 4 metre walking and cycling path on each side.
The old McClymonts Road Bridge has had to be replaced with a new longer bridge so the motorway underneath can be widened with extra traffic lanes, the extended Northern Busway and a new shared path.
The old bridge will now be demolished piece by piece over a series of nights in the next few months.
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