Premium Content Subscriber only After six months and nearly 2000 tonnes of concrete, a new 65m bridge now spans Gavial Creek in Port Curtis. The old bridge, which was floated up in the 1930s from Boyne River, had come to the end of its life after being damaged in floods and cyclones. Rockhampton region Infrastructure Councillor Tony Williams said the new bridge could accommodate more types of vehicles. “This new concrete bridge is a great improvement on the old one,” said Cr Williams. “It’s wider and stronger, and has the ability to accommodate loaded B-double trucks which the old bridge was not able to.