Edwin Flack Bridge
Watpac, Major Projects and VicRoads
Melbourne Park, Victoria, Australia
Providing an unbroken pedestrian link connecting the MCG with Melbourne Park and AAMI Park
The Edwin Flack Bridge across Olympic Boulevard forms a link between the Plaza and AAMI Stadium.
Minimising disruption to traffic
During the design and development stage, Calibre Built Environment, in close collaboration with Watpac, Jackson Architecture and VicRoads, investigated a number of bridge solutions, with particular emphasis on minimising disruption to traffic during construction.
Particular challenges included interfacing the bridge with the existing AAMI Stadium concourse, including construction over an existing switch-room; design of the interface with the new Plaza, involving a complex, cantilevering slab supporting a steel walkway below via suspension ties; and control of dynamic response of the bridge, particularly in the lateral direction due to the pier columns arrangement.