Redcliffe Bridge is a traffic bridge which carries Tonkin Highway across the Swan River between the Perth suburbs of Ascot and

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. It is named after Redcliffe, which is a nearby suburb. Designed by Maunsell & Partners and built by Thiess Contractors, construction of the bridge started in 1986. The bridge was constructed using an incremental launch technique, and cost A$15 million to complete. It was officially opened on 16 April 1988. The bridge is long, with five spans and a pre-stressed concrete deck wide, supporting six lanes of traffic. The structure of the bridge is that of a hollow box girder, with the outer sides of the deck supported by special Y- beams.

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* Road bridges in Perth, Western Australia Swan River (Western Australia) Redcliffe, Western Australia Bayswater, Western Australia Ascot, Western Australia {{Australia-bridge-struct-stub