Minister for Transport and Main Roads and Minister for Digital Services The Honourable Mark Bailey
- The delivery and installation of the final 21 of 730 bridge girders and deck units on the bypass occurred during the last week of September 2023.
- The 26km Gympie bypass project has 42 bridge structures being built in 23 locations over waterways, local roads, the North Coast Rail Line and the new Bruce Highway
- Two of the bridges are over 250 metres long (eight spans)
- The first girders were installed on the project in October 2021 over Tin Can Bay Road
- The final girders were installed on the 250 metre long Six Mile Creek Bridge on 26 September 2023.
- The largest girder on the project was over 38 metres long and weighed in at 102.5 tonnes.
Bridge construction is nearing completion on the Bruce Highway Upgrade – Cooroy to Curra, Section D (Gympie bypass), with the final girders being installed on the 42 bridge structures. The $1 billion project is due for completion late 2024, weather permitting.
The Gympie bypass is jointly funded on an 80:20 basis, with the Australian Government contributing $800 million and the Queensland Government $200 million.
The bypass is estimated to support an average of 570 direct jobs over the life of the project.
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