Comments on: Then and now along the West Gate Freeway https://wongm.com/2024/12/then-and-now-building-west-gate-bridge-melbourne/ Marcus Wong. Gunzel. Engineering geek. History nerd. Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:24:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2024/12/then-and-now-building-west-gate-bridge-melbourne/#comment-964900 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:24:19 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20695#comment-964900 In reply to Matthew.

The way the nice looking cars were all lined up makes me think that it was a public open day on the yet to open bridge.

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2024/12/then-and-now-building-west-gate-bridge-melbourne/#comment-964899 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:23:16 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20695#comment-964899 In reply to Jedd C.

Interesting – I hadn’t noticed that.

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2024/12/then-and-now-building-west-gate-bridge-melbourne/#comment-964898 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:22:55 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20695#comment-964898 In reply to Graham.

I did it years ago as a teenager, on the shorter course from Albert Park to Williamstown, and the long climb up the West Gate Bridge almost killed me!

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2024/12/then-and-now-building-west-gate-bridge-melbourne/#comment-964897 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:20:58 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20695#comment-964897 In reply to graham Clark.

And thanks to VicRoads’ predecessors documenting their work. 😀

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2024/12/then-and-now-building-west-gate-bridge-melbourne/#comment-964896 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:19:23 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20695#comment-964896 In reply to J.

Thanks for the extra into about the beams used.

As for Forster Road, I’d never noticed the infill there.

https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.892812,145.130371,3a,75y,88.91h,91.48t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sZfaonWuOkD2Ipq7LvUFXqA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-1.47911622563457%26panoid%3DZfaonWuOkD2Ipq7LvUFXqA%26yaw%3D88.91005793600294!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Furlong Road on the Western Ring Road was a bit similar, but it was extended both in the middle and to one side.

https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.7614326,144.82082,3a,75y,9.48h,92.96t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1syXtg4EfZi2nN_oBxnsPZ3Q!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-2.9584581703192896%26panoid%3DyXtg4EfZi2nN_oBxnsPZ3Q%26yaw%3D9.476590532302964!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

]]> By: Matthew https://wongm.com/2024/12/then-and-now-building-west-gate-bridge-melbourne/#comment-964606 Tue, 10 Dec 2024 02:21:38 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20695#comment-964606 Hey Charger!

]]> By: Jedd C https://wongm.com/2024/12/then-and-now-building-west-gate-bridge-melbourne/#comment-964585 Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:59:34 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20695#comment-964585 As part of the WestGate Tunnel project the freeway was also lowered under Grieve Parade, when the West Gate was first constructed the current freeway clearance standards had yet to be developed.

]]> By: Graham https://wongm.com/2024/12/then-and-now-building-west-gate-bridge-melbourne/#comment-964566 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:41:15 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20695#comment-964566 For quite a few years Bicycle Victoria ran the very popular Great Melbourne Bike Ride across the Westgate Bridge, the views were great.

]]> By: graham Clark https://wongm.com/2024/12/then-and-now-building-west-gate-bridge-melbourne/#comment-964561 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:27:42 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20695#comment-964561 great photos

]]> By: J https://wongm.com/2024/12/then-and-now-building-west-gate-bridge-melbourne/#comment-964545 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:54:47 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20695#comment-964545 Fascinating about Grieve Parade bridge.

Crossing the bridge regularly now and being involved on the periphery with the upgrade, I had always wondered how the road network worked before the upgrade. I had assumed it was an addition of new bridge section rather than replacement. Replacement makes much more sense.

The replacement beams are not actually super Ts. Rather than a hollow box section, they are much closer to an I cross section through the middle portion of the beam.

I presume this is to match the older beams. Probably useful from both an aesthetic perspective, but also functionally – matching deflections and behaviour etc.

Similar to how the new infill above Forster Rd matched the old very complex beam profile. Would have been much simpler to use Super Ts, but the old profile was matched.

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