Bridge demolition to make way for new Cooroy southern interchange
3rd November, 2015
Federal Member for Wide Bay and Minister for Infrastructure Warren Truss today said that the old Bruce Highway Bridge will soon be demolished to make way for the new Cooroy southern interchange.
“For the duration of the weekend of 6-9 November, 24 hour demolition works on the existing Cooroy southern interchange bridge will be carried out, to allow construction to begin on two new, upgraded highway bridges,” Mr Truss said.
“Between 7pm Friday and 5am Saturday, 7 November, access the Myall St underpass will be closed. Northbound motorists leaving the highway for Cooroy will instead be detoured north via Holt’s road, through the interchange loop to a controlled highway crossing, allowing access through to Cooroy via Myall Road.
“From 5am Saturday 7 November through to 5am 9 November, one lane of the Myall St underpass will be in operation, with stop-go traffic controls allowing restricted access for northbound off-ramp and local Holts Road traffic only.
“Northbound access to the Highway from the temporary Holt’s Road on-ramp will be closed over this weekend.
“I wish to advise residents in the area that while every effort will be made to reduce the impact of noise resulting from the demolition works, noise levels may exceed the recommended thresholds, particularly during the early hours of Saturday morning.
“While efforts will be made to minimize any disruption caused by the road works, I encourage motorists to consider adding some extra time to their journey, to allow for any delays,” Mr Truss said.
“I wish to thank motorists for their patience and cooperation while these important works are carried out.”
