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Aaron Bunch

Flood-ruined WA bridge to be rebuilt six times stronger

Sections of the road and bridge over the Fitzroy River were washed away by floods earlier this year. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

A bigger, stronger bridge will be built over the Fitzroy River after once-in-a-century-flooding in Western Australia's Kimberley washed away its predecessor, cutting a key transport route.

WA Minister for Planning Rita Saffioti says the new bridge on the Great Northern Highway at Fitzroy Crossing would be 100m longer and twice as wide as the old one, with piers about double the depth.

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