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Took some more photos today..seems like everything is going ahead of schedule, more sections of the bridge is demolished






Other sections of the bridge dismantling has already started








And I just found out something today, the traffic lights set up at James Congdon Drive are manually operated by the operator, standing there under the hot sun the whole day. Apparently, the lights are there to help pedestrain to cross the road, especially school children. Wtf! Whta a waste of human resource.

Updates for this week:





Installation of the support beam is on the way. Soon bridge sections will be cut out.

Updates:

During the past weekend nights, major destruction of the bridge section over the railway had taken place with no major dramas.





Everything is coming along the way now, with more sections of the bridge about to be removed this week and for the next few weeks to come.

Thanks for posting these pictures Edgar. Much appreciated.

Yep thanks Edgar..... looking good!

This was what happened throughout last week.




The section above the railway is almost completely demolished





over the weekend, the demolition of the second section above the railways are now done, the cleaning up process is being undertaken






Now, 3/4 of the old Bakewell Bridge is now gone, and the hardest and most complicated sections of the demolition is now over.

I am expecting to see the whole bridge gone by the end of this month, hopefully.

Nice one... that's progress!! Thanks for the pics again mate.

Sorry to ask a stupid question but what is the story behind this bridge demolition and underpass?

The bridge is old and is considered unsafe by modern standards. It's was built during an era when the large trucks and trains that passed under or over it could be handled safely.

Things have changed since then. Trucks have gotten taller and larger, as have trains, particularly freight trains. In recent years, many vehicles, both rail and road have been involved in incidents, particularly being caught under the bridge as it has a low clearance height. The bridge is also aging structurally as well, so now is a good time to replace it.

This isn't the first time a bridge over the rail lines between Adelaide and Goodwood has been replaced. The Hilton Bridges replaced an old two lane wooden bridge that carried what was then Burbridge Road into the city during the late 1980s. In around 1993, the Port Road bridges were reconstructed as part of the Port Road upgrade at Thebarton. The only one that hasn't been replaced is the one carrying Greenhill and Richmond Roads and Anzac Highway over the rail lines at Keswick, being built during the 1930s. Before any of the other bridges were replaced, this was the youngest AFAIK.

Back on business, the old Backwell overpass is now 95% gone and demolished. The only remaining structures are the 2 walls, the rest are all gone. I think the underpass project should receive a greenlight soon!

I passed through the construction site yesterday. The whole bridge is gone now from what I could see, and East Terrace has been rerouted around where the new East Terrace bridge will be built across the new underpass. Excavation for the underpass on the Mile End side of the site has begun.

That's excellent progress. Thanks for the update AG.

On the city side of the underpass, they have already dug down quite alot.. sides have also been formed also it would look like pillars of some sort have been sunken in between the railway.

Progress (from Transport SA):

that looks awesome!

cant wait for it to be completed it would make for a really nice entrance into the city...

East terrace bridge??? do you mean west terrace bridge?