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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Michael Parris

Hexham straight bridge work reaches new stage

Workers lift a 20-tonne concrete girder into place on the Ironbark Creek bridge on Friday. Picture by Peter Lorimer

Workers have lifted into place the first concrete girders for a bridge spanning Ironbark Creek as part of the Hexham straight road widening project.

The southbound side of the new 84-metre bridge will take two lanes of traffic in each direction while the contractor builds the northbound side.

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