Approved areas or routes

Improvements to the Barrier Highway / Copperhouse Road / Springbank Road junction will commence in January 2019. Works will include the offsetting of the existing four-way intersection of the Barrier Highway / Copperhouse Road / Springbank Road to a staggered 'T' Junction. A separated left turn lane will also be installed on the Barrier Highway for vehicles turning left on to Copperhouse Road.

The works will be undertaken between 7.00 am and 5.00 pm, Monday to Saturday commencing 7 January 2019 with works anticipated to be completed by April 2019, weather permitting.

Traffic restrictions will be in place throughout the work site during construction.

For community and road user enquiries please contact the Technical Services department at the Goyder Council by email council@goyder.sa.gov.au or phone 8892 0100.

The $40 million Australian government and state government-funded Regional Bridges Upgrade Program will improve road safety and increase freight efficiency by upgrading a number of bridges across South Australia’s regional road network at various locations in the Mid-North, Riverland, Clare Valley, Adelaide Hills and Barossa Valley.

Regional Bridges Project - Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure

Mid North - Rocky River Bridge, Crystal Brook (21 January to June 2019)

The Rocky River Bridge on the Augusta Highway near Crystal Brook is being upgraded. A traffic diversion and speed restrictions are in place and applicable to all vehicles throughout the course of the works.

Works are scheduled to commence from Thursday 31 January 2019 and are expected to be completed by late June 2019, weather permitting, and will include:

• bridge and road shoulder widening
• installation of new guard rails and bridge barriers

Works will be undertaken from 7.00 am to 5.00 pm, starting on Monday morning and finishing on Saturday afternoon each week until the completion of the Project.

Road users are advised to follow the direction of traffic management staff and observe signage.

• Rocky River Bridge traffic diversion (2.6 MB PDF)
• Start of works notification - Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure

Sturt Highway and Riverland bridges (7 January to July 2019)

A number of regional bridges in the Kingston and Renmark-Paringa districts are being upgraded. Works are scheduled to commence from 7 January 2019 and are expected to be completed by late July 2019, weather permitting, and will include:

• Installation of new guard rails and bridge barriers
• Widening of road pavement across bridges

Works will be undertaken from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Saturday each week until the completion of the project.

Lane and speed restrictions will be in place throughout the course of the works.

Bridges schedule for works are located along the Sturt Highway between Kingston On Murray and Renmark and are scheduled as follows:

• Paringa Causeway Bridges 1 and 2 (River Murray Flood Plains) - works commenced 7 January 2019
• Salt Creek Bridge - works commenced 4 February 2019
• Bookmark Creek Bridge - works commenced 12 February 2019
• Kingston Bridge - works commenced 11 February 2019
  • During the works the bridge will be closed to oversize and/or overmass heavy vehicle combinations, with a signposted detour via Murraylands Road, Sturt Highway, Kingston Road and return.
  • Kingston Bridge Wide Load Detour Route (for heavy vehicles over 3.5m wide) (749.3 KB PDF)
• Paringa Causeway Bridges 3 and 4 (River Murray Flood Plains) - scheduled to commence 19 March 2019.

Start of works notification - Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure

Barossa Valley bridges (22 February to July 2019)

Works on the Stott Highway Bridge and Lyndoch Bridge are scheduled to commence on Friday 22 February 2019 and are expected to be completed in July 2019, weather permitting, and will include:

• replacing the existing bridge with wider structures
• installation of new guard rails and bridge barriers

Works will be undertaken from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Saturday each week until the completion of the project.

Traffic will be diverted around the work sites under a speed restriction via a temporary diversion road, which has been constructed adjacent to the bridge structures.

• Stott Highway Bridge: Start of works notification and diversion map
• Lyndoch Bridge: Start of works notification and diversion map

Clare Valley - Skillies Bridge (4 March to June 2019)

Works on the Skillies Bridge are scheduled to commence from Monday 4 March 2019 and are expected to be completed in June 2019, weather permitting, and will include:

• replacing the existing bridge with wider structures
• installation of new guard rails and bridge barriers

Works will be undertaken from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Saturday each week until the completion of the project

Start of Works notification - Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure

Adelaide Hills - Inverbrackie Bridge and intersection (15 March to July 2019)

Works are scheduled to commence on Friday 15 March 2019 and are expected to be completed by July 2019, weather permitting and will include:

• the replacement of the existing bridge and
• an upgrade of the intersection of Onkaparinga Valley and River View Roads, between Woodside and Oakbank.

Works will be undertaken from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Saturday each week until the completion of the project.Traffic diversion and speed restrictions will be in place for the duration of the works.

Start of Works notification - Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure

Program schedule

Works are being carried out as part of the State Government's Periodic Road Maintenance Program in a number of locations.

Upper North Area (16 March to mid-May 2019)

Works to improve safety on various sections of roads in the Upper North Area, including more than 41km of surfacing works, will begin on Saturday, 16 March.

Pavement surfacing works are being undertaken to improve the surface quality and extend the life of roads at the following locations:

• Augusta Highway, approx. 6.5km South of Port Germein, for 1.6km
• Augusta Highway, approx. 9km South of Port Germein, for 1.7km
• Augusta Highway, between the Northern and Southern accesses to Crystal Brook, for 1.8km
• Augusta Highway, at the junction with Pareora Road, approx. 4km North of Port Wakefield, for 0.9km
• Stuart Highway, approx. 21km South of Cadney Park, for 5.4km
• Stuart Highway, Pootnoura, approx. 26km South of Cadney Park, for 2.7km
• Stuart Highway, Mt Willoughby, approx. 54km North of Coober Pedy, for 7.1km
• Stuart Highway, Mt Willoughby, approx. 46km North of Coober Pedy, for 8km
• Stuart Highway, Breakaway’s Turnoff, approx. 20km North of Coober Pedy, for 12km

Work will be undertaken between 7.00 am and 5.30 pm Monday to Sunday, with expected completion in mid-May, weather permitting.

The road will remain open to traffic with minor lane restrictions and a 25 km/h speed restriction will apply when workers are on site, with a maximum 80 km/h speed restriction in place until the reinstatement of the pavement marking is complete.

Port Wakefield Road, Cavan (18 March to May 2019)

Asphalt resurfacing works are being undertaken on approximately 2.5km of Port Wakefield Road, Cavan, between Salisbury Highway and Montague Road, southbound side only.

Night works will commence at 7pm and continue for approximately two months, Monday to Friday, weather permitting.

Lane closures and speed restrictions will be in place each night from 7pm to 6am the following morning.