Oonah Road - Guide River Bridge Replacement
- Project typeExternal / Public Project (burnie.tas.gov.au)
- Project value$501,578
- Contractor nameTasSpan
- Completion Date30 May 2025
The road bridge spanning the Guide River on Oonah Road is due for replacement.
The works will include:
- Replacement of the existing concrete deck.
- Replacement of the existing abutment on the eastern side.
- Installation of compliant safety barriers.
- Upgrade the approaches to suit the new bridge where required.
Contractors TasSpan have already commenced construction of the beams off site and will be due to begin demolition mid to late March.
The section of Oonah road between Guide Road and Quarry will be closed during these works.
We understand that this may cause some inconvenience and appreciate your patience and cooperation during the closure.
Guide River Bridge Drawings.PDF(PDF, 268KB)
PROJECT UPDATES
17 April 2025
Oonah road is open.
Works to replace the Guide River Bridge on Oonah Road have been completed.
The section of road is still to be sealed, resulting in traffic speed limits being reduced to 40km/h. Contractors will be back onsite in early May to complete these works.
We ask that all road users please adhere to the reduced speed limits until then.
We thank the community (especially the Tewkesbury community) for your patience during these works.
19 March 2025
Oonah Road (between Guide Road and the Quarry) will be closed to all traffic from Monday 31 March to early May 2025 to complete the bridge replacement.
We kindly ask that all road users adhere to the detour until these works are completed.
Council appreciates that this project does negatively impact on local residents who would otherwise use the road. If any residents have any further queries, please contact Council at burnie@burnie.tas.gov.au or phone 6430 5700.
26 February 2025
TasSpan are currently constructing precast beams offsite. 3 of the 5 beams are now complete with the remaining 2 to be completed over the coming weeks.
Once complete, they will move onto preliminary site works which is when the road closure will commence.
Location
Oonah Road, View Map and directions
-41.2204896,145.7162548
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Oonah Road - Guide River Bridge Replacement