Hawthorne Canal Bridge

Transport

Client

Ventia Boral Amey Joint Venture (VBAJV)

Location

Lilyfield, New South Wales

Works Completed

Repairs, Cathodic Protection System

Tailored remedial repairs were completed with no environmental impact and minimal disruption to the local community.

Built in 1965, the Hawthorne Canal Bridge spans Hawthorne Canal between Lilyfield and Haberfield, New South Wales. Prior to the construction of the City West Link in 2000, it was the only way for vehicles to access the city of Sydney. It has since been repurposed as a pedestrian bridge.

Client Brief

To repair and protect the bridge’s substructure ensuring no environmental impact to the waterway and minimal disruption to the local community.

What We Delivered:

• Access installation including temporary access decks suspended from the concrete beams on the underside of the bridge

• Concrete repairs

• Hybrid anode installation and commissioning

• Water cathodic protection installation and commissioning

• Application of a protective coating system

• Additional controls to capture wastewater and rubble generated during concrete breakouts to ensure no adverse impact to seabed