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Mounted on the project are two cameras looking at the major bridgeworks. Each camera takes a picture every 15 minutes and runs from 7.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Saturday. This results in 240 shots a week or 12,000 photos a year (for each camera).
At the end of construction, many of these photos will be combined together into a time-lapse video sequence.
The 4-lane bridges across the wetland to Horse Island and the Karuah River are actually built as twin 2-lane bridges side-by-side. There is a 150mm gap between the bridges which is closed upon completion by building a concrete New-Jersey barrier over the gap. This barrier then acts as a separator between the two northbound lanes and the two southbound lanes.
The photos below have been updated on a monthly basis since launching began in November 2002, however since the bridges have now been launched into their final positions, the images do not change day-to-day, and hence will not be updated any further.

Camera 1 looks over the casting bay which is situated on the mainland west of Horse Island. This is where the superstructures of the twin-bridges were built and launched in weekly 23.5m segments over 36 weeks.

  Camera 1
Camera 2 is mounted on the eastern river bank where the bridges ended up after being launched from the western side.
River piling and pier construction can be clearly seen from this angle, with Horse Island in the distance.
  Camera 2
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