Just finished a trip up through WA and every other state, why is it in WA they have several one lane bridge,s I think they have forgotten to widen them , infact they are blxxdy dangerous , I would hate to be travelling at night and come across them,can someone give me an answer why they have left them like that.
Lance C
2foot6 said
06:21 AM Aug 23, 2013
Who knows why,no money or insight, but we still have one lane bridges in Victoria and it wasn't too long ago they existed on the Bruce highway between Nambor and Gladstone. cheers Peter
Delta18 said
06:35 PM Aug 23, 2013
I would have thought the answer is obvious. Cost v Demand.
If the traffic demand on a road is not high then spend the money elsewhere.
WA has to put up with getting such a small share of Federal Road Funding even though there are more (remote) roads than other states.
They are only dangerous if (when) drivers ignore the prominent warning signs approaching these bridges and try to beat oncoming traffic.
Happywanderer said
10:03 PM Aug 23, 2013
I have come across several one way bridges in my travels. Lots in Qld and also Vict. One on the way from Echuca to Nathalia has a flashing sign "Do not enter if a vehicle is already on the bridge"
Santa said
10:58 PM Aug 23, 2013
Most of us seem to be able to negotiate them without a great deal of difficulty.
rockylizard said
11:02 PM Aug 23, 2013
Santa wrote:
Most of us seem to be able to negotiate them without a great deal of difficulty.
Gday...
I woz thinken the same ting Santa ... ... ya jest drive to the conditions. If no-one else is on the bridge no probs - if someone coming, let them have first suck of the sauce bottle.
Cheers - John
Onedodger said
12:12 AM Aug 24, 2013
rockylizard wrote:
Santa wrote:
Most of us seem to be able to negotiate them without a great deal of difficulty.
Gday...
I woz thinken the same ting Santa ... ... ya jest drive to the conditions. If no-one else is on the bridge no probs - if someone coming, let them have first suck of the sauce bottle.
Cheers - John
Here Here.
milo said
01:47 AM Aug 24, 2013
how do you go thru these small bridges with big rigs??
rockylizard said
01:49 AM Aug 24, 2013
milo wrote:
how do you go thru these small bridges with big rigs??
Gday...
Usually carefully and slowly
Cheers - John
Delta18 said
01:58 AM Aug 24, 2013
milo wrote:
how do you go thru these small bridges with big rigs??
There is plenty of room for a vehicle, just no room for passing or overtaking.
Semis use them on the highway and slow only to the bridge speed limit (if there is one).
A few weeks ago there was a 'head-on' between 2 roadtrains on....on....bugga, can't remember the name of the bridge. It is about 8km west of Willare Bridge in the Kimberly.
Roving-Dutchy said
04:46 AM Aug 24, 2013
I can remember the time when there were one lane bridges on both the Hume and Pacific highways.
Can also remember on one of these self same bridges on the Hume when I tried to play chicken with a semi.
Cheers
David
Lance C
Who knows why,no money or insight, but we still have one lane bridges in Victoria and it wasn't too long ago they existed on the Bruce highway between Nambor and Gladstone. cheers Peter
I would have thought the answer is obvious. Cost v Demand.
If the traffic demand on a road is not high then spend the money elsewhere.
WA has to put up with getting such a small share of Federal Road Funding even though there are more (remote) roads than other states.
They are only dangerous if (when) drivers ignore the prominent warning signs approaching these bridges and try to beat oncoming traffic.
Most of us seem to be able to negotiate them without a great deal of difficulty.
Gday...
I woz thinken the same ting Santa ...
... ya jest drive to the conditions. If no-one else is on the bridge no probs - if someone coming, let them have first suck of the sauce bottle. 
Cheers - John
Here Here.
Gday...
Usually carefully and slowly
Cheers - John
There is plenty of room for a vehicle, just no room for passing or overtaking.
Semis use them on the highway and slow only to the bridge speed limit (if there is one).
A few weeks ago there was a 'head-on' between 2 roadtrains on....on....bugga, can't remember the name of the bridge. It is about 8km west of Willare Bridge in the Kimberly.
Can also remember on one of these self same bridges on the Hume when I tried to play chicken with a semi.
Cheers
David