page_title: Matagarup Bridge
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Matagarup Bridge / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Matagarup Bridge under construction in May 2018. Photographed from East Perth.
context_page_description: Matagarup Bridge is a suspension pedestrian bridge crossing over the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia. Situated approximately half-way between Heirisson Island and the Goongoongup Bridge, it provides pedestrian access between Burswood and East Perth. The bridge connects visitors to the Burswood Peninsula, including the Perth Stadium, with public transport and car parks in East Perth and the Perth central business district.
context_section_description: In February 2014, the government called for expressions of interest for the design and construction of the bridge. Four parties were shortlisted to bid; a Decmil/OHL joint venture, Freyssinet, Georgiou, and a York Civil/Rizzani de Eccher joint venture with the latter awarded the contract. Western Australian company BARDAP Hydraulics was contracted to design, manufacture, and commission the high pressure jacking system which was deployed to install the deck sections.
  Due to delays and issues, Malaysian-based Toyota Tsusho, which was sub-contracted to manufacture the bridge components, had its contract terminated; the contract was re-tendered and was won by Western Australian company Civmec.
  In November 2017, the Government announced that the bridge would officially be named "Matagarup Bridge", where "Matagarup" is the Nyungar name for the whole area - waters included - around Heirisson Island, and which means "place where the river is only leg deep, allowing it to be crossed". It had previously been referred to as the Swan River Pedestrian Bridge.
  The bridge's two main arches were hoisted into place in early May 2018. Matagarup Bridge consists of three spans, each suspended from arches by cables. Each of the three deck sections was craned onto high pressure jacks, connected to flow control manifolds and electric hydraulic power units.  The jacking system enabled the suspension cables to be connected to the respective bridge section, and then lowered with precision control to tension the cables.  This work was completed in late June.  Testing of the bridge's LED lighting occurred on 18 June. Concrete pouring of the bridge deck was completed on 1 July. On 4 July, Premier Mark McGowan, Transport Minister Rita Saffioti and other officials, as well as bridge workers, walked across the bridge. From 7–9 July, hundreds of volunteers walked across the bridge so that engineers could assess the movement of the structure and tune the bridge's mass damper to minimise vibrations.
  The bridge was opened to the public on 14 July 2018. Landscaping and removal of the lay-down area and reclaimed land will continue after the bridge is completed.
caption: Matagarup Bridge without its concrete deck while under construction in May 2018
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