Incorporating Tasmanian artwork into the New Bridgewater Bridge Project – May 2024
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To manage operational traffic noise once the new bridge and interchanges are complete, the New Bridgewater Bridge Project has adopted a combination of noise mitigation measures, including building three separate sections of noise walls made up of 3-metre-wide precast concrete panels.
From late May, the panels were installed along a 108-metre section of the new Gunn Street off-ramp at Bridgewater, a 60-metre section of Midland Highway at Bridgewater and a 144-metre section of the new Black Snake Road/Lyell Highway/Brooker Highway roundabout at Granton.
The concrete panels provide an opportunity to showcase graphic design artwork developed by Tasmanian artists, highlighting both the European and Aboriginal heritage of the Bridgewater and Granton areas.
For the noise panels in Bridgewater, the Project worked with Tasmanian artist, Alex Miles. Titled Hello Jerry, Alex’s artwork pays tribute to three local icons – the black swan, the existing Bridgewater Bridge, and the Bridgewater Jerry.
Tasmanian Aboriginal artist, Emma Robertson designed artwork for the noise walls in Granton. Emma’s artwork is titled Where Land and Sea, meet the Sky and captures the profound bond that the Aboriginal community shares with the vast ocean and interconnected waterways, the land, and the sky above.
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