Location: Turner River Rail Bridge Mining Construction Site Pilbara Region, Western Australia

This 80 tonne pre-cast concrete bridge span is being placed onto the headstock and concrete embutment by a crane parked in the dry (at the moment) Turner River bed. The river floods once a year during the wet season which everybody was hoping would not arrive until the bridge is finished.

Turner River Bridge Span

The bridge span arrived by rail on the existing track. The crane was positioned on the river bed in between the old existing bridge, and the new under construction bridge. After a few scares, the bridge was completed before the river flooded.