Works on roads and bridges as carried out by the Country Roads Board in all parts of Victoria. Among these shown are the widening of old roads and bridges; testing local materials in field laboratories; experimental lengths of road surfaces; erecting an emergency Bailey bridge after the collapse of an old bridge; eliminating road/rail intersections (the Clifton Hill overpass); and redesigning major intersections for safe traffic flow.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
009209
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → City traffic - Victoria
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Elevated highways
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Public works - Victoria
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Road construction
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Road safety
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Roads - Australia
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Traffic flow
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Traffic safety
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Road safety
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Traffic safety
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Bridges - Maintenance and repair
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Traffic engineering - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)