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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.

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

Pavement and asphalt works are scheduled to start on Thursday 20 June 2019, weather permitting, and will be undertaken in three stages:

• Thursday 20 June from 7:00 pm to 5:00 am
  • Entry and exit to and from Riverview Road at Onkaparinga Valley Road will be closed to all traffic throughout the scheduled night works. Traffic will be directed via Nairne Road.
• Friday 21 June and Saturday 22 June from 7:00 pm to 5:00 am
  • Onkaparinga Valley Road will be closed to traffic between Nairne Road and Riverview Road throughout the scheduled night works. Traffic will be detoured via Riverview Road and Nairne Road. Local traffic only access will remain open.
• Friday 28 June from 7:00 pm to 5:00 am
  • The junction will be open to all traffic with speed and lane restrictions in place throughout the scheduled works.

Bus services will operate as normal throughout the scheduled works.

Program schedule