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High Street to close to traffic for Reservoir rail bridge construction

Intersection works on the Reservoir level crossing removal in Melbourne are set to commence next month with a team of roughly 200 workers.

Foundations and columns outside the intersection for the building of a new rail bridge over the crossing are now complete, with the next phase of works set to start from mid-August.

The High Street intersection will be closed to traffic to accommodate the works from August 19 to late December, with workers building two 185 metre-long segments of steel bridge. 

“Trains will continue to operate for most of this time, with alternative access routes in place for road traffic and continued changes in place for pedestrians,” the Victorian Government announced.

“We suggest drivers allow up to an additional 15 minutes to travel the east–west detours at peak or busy times of day.”

North-south journeys and non-peak hour journeys are expected to take less additional time.

The next phase of the Reservoir project will include the construction of the base of the elevated platform above Reservoir Station, which is made up of six steel modules of up to 100 tonnes each in addition to 190 concrete planks.

The first sections of the bridge will also be installed, in addition to up to 10 bridge pieces weighing up to 75 tonnes apiece to be lifted into place by a 350-tonne crane.

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