Railway viaducts Kilmore to Frankston

Hi,

not quite as big as the power station generator move but part of the railway level crossing removal program in Victoria involves 22 viaducts being transported from Kilmore to Frankston, 146km, overnight for the next month or so. Times vary depending on whether they have a snooze or not along the way.

levelcrossings.vic.gov.au/projects/skye-overton-road
and a map of their route
www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=17kFPtT...5.1508141376305&z=12

Interesting is the bit where they get on the Hume at Wallan and drive north to Wandong to do a u-turn and come back down to Wallan to get off the Hume and then run down High St. Then go back to the Hume at Epping so they can join the Ring Road and then they look like they avoid the tunnel on Eastlink.

Terry

Obviously they have an exemption on the Greensborough By-pass???

180412Th Metro Twitter - Frankston level-crossing removal, plus two reposted from VicRoads.

Roderick

EastLink delays loom with huge sky rail transporter set to start daily grind 17 April 2018. 24 comments.
How do you shift 6720 tonnes worth of U-shaped concrete bridge sections from a factory in Kilmore 146 kilometres to their new home near Frankston?
The answer involves two prime movers the length of more than 16 Toyota Corollas pushing and pulling the two dozen parts of the rail viaduct, each weighing in at 280 tonnes, one at time in a logistically complex operation expected to
start in the next few days and last almost a month.
The concrete sections are set to be used for Melbourne's latest stretch of sky rail being built to replace a level crossing, this time in Skye, near Frankston.
But there will be some pain on the way for motorists: the operation is expected to cause traffic mayhem, especially for those who take EastLink southbound to work in the mornings.
''We've never carried a load as large as this,'' EastLink spokesman Doug Spencer-Roy said. ''We are uncertain of the actual impact on traffic flow.''
The plan is to transport each of the 24 viaducts one at a time, starting from Kilmore at night, on an enormous 72-metre transporter made up of two trailers and two prime movers: one pushing, one pulling.
The transporter will be surrounded by its own posse of flashing safety vehicles as it makes its way from the factory via EastLink each morning for 24 days, weather permitting.
All the viaduct sections will be delivered to a Level Crossing Removal site in Frankston, where they will be lifted to form the new rail bridge over the level crossing on Skye and Overton roads.
Each section will leave the factory about 7pm travelling at not-so-zippy speeds of between 20 and 40kmh.
The plan is for each concrete section to travel on EastLink southbound for about 60 minutes before getting on to the Peninsula Link freeway.
EastLink traffic on a bridge over Princes Highway. The transporter will travel 20kmh over bridges like these.
Expect traffic delays.
Traffic engineers expect one lane will be available for overtaking the transporter during most legs of the EastLink part of the journey. However, south of Thompson Road it drops down to two lanes which will make it difficult to
overtake.
When passing over bridges at 20kmh, the transporter also has to take the middle lane to spread the load, which will also make overtaking near impossible.
Mostly, traffic delays will depend on when the transporter hits EastLink after travelling from Kilmore – especially if it enters EastLink during morning peak hour.
If the transporter encounters delays and enters EastLink after 6am and into the morning, the traffic delays could be significant. Traffic will be worst if it hits the toll road from 7.30am to 9am.
''We wish the project team all the best and hope that the load is off EastLink before morning peak,'' Mr Spencer-Roy said.
EastLink northbound will not be affected by the prime movers and the journey home after delivery will be less taxing on roads.
After delivering a viaduct section to Frankston, the transporter will be split up into smaller units for the trip back to Kilmore.
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180418W Melbourne Age - Kilmore - Frankston bridge-beam transport.