INFRASTRUCTURES * Australia

* ACT - $35.5 million bridge announced for Victoria Highway

--- The Federal Government plans to slash annual highway closures due to flooding with a $35.5 million bridge on the Victorian Highway to tun over Big Horse and Little Horse Creeks... The works to strengthen the Victoria Highway between Western Australian and the Northern Territory will soon be underway, with the contract to deliver the $35.5 million project awarded to Northern Territory business Allan King & Sons Construction Pty Ltd... Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester said the works would take place about 300 kilometres west of Katherine, improving links between Perth and Darwin... 
 (Photo by Bruce Honeywill - The project is set to cut down on closured for Heavy Vehicles travelling on the Victoria Highway)   --   Canberra, ACT, Australia - Big Rigs - 17th Jul 2017