The new Buckingham Bridge is to be officially reopened.
Camera IconThe new Buckingham Bridge is to be officially reopened. Credit: Supplied/Marcelo Palacios

Bridge works near completion

Staff ReporterComment News

Works were initially expected to be completed by June.

The $7.1 million concrete and steel bridge replaces a timber bridge that collapsed in the Kelmscott/Roleystone bushfire in February 2011. The timber bridge dated back to 1935 and its collapse cut access over the Canning River on Brookton Highway until a replacement culvert was built as a temporary measure.

The cost of the new bridge was covered by the WA Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements, and the Natural Disaster State Contingency Fund.

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The design includes new approaches to the bridge from the east and west, with better sight lines.