Desmond Trannore Bridge

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|image = File-Desmond Trannore Bridge across the Mulgrave River between Gordonvale and Aloomba on the Bruce Highway, 2018 02.jpg

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|caption = Desmond Trannore Bridge across the Mulgrave River, 2018

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|carries = Bruce Highway {{small|(Motor vehicles)}}

|crosses = Mulgrave River

|locale = Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia

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|material = Concrete

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|begin = {{Start date|2008|05|29|df=y}}

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|cost = A$48 million

|open = {{Start date|2009|04|20|df=y}}{{cite press release |title=New Bridge Over Mulgrave River Opens To Traffic |author=Wallace, Craig |author-link=Craig Wallace (politician) |work=Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government |publisher=Queensland Government |date=20 April 2009 |url=http://www.minister.infrastructure.gov.au/aa/releases/2009/april/aa126_2009.htm |access-date=18 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228045204/http://www.minister.infrastructure.gov.au/aa/releases/2009/April/AA126_2009.htm |archive-date=28 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}

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The Desmond Trannore Bridge is a road bridge that carries the Bruce Highway over the Mulgrave River in Gordonvale, in Far North Queensland, Australia.

File:Senior Constable Desmond Trannore, of Gordonvale Police Station, killed in the line of duty in 1964.jpg

The {{convert|482|m|ft|adj=on}}-long bridge is {{convert|5|m}} higher than the former Mulgrave River Bridge, to improve flood immunity during the wet season. It is also located {{convert|30|m}} upstream from the former bridge on a better alignment of the Bruce Highway.{{cite news |title=Local officer honoured in naming of Mulgrave River bridge |work=roadconstruct |date=8 December 2009 |url=http://www.roadconstruct.com.au/news/Local-officer-honoured-in-naming-of-Mulgrave-River |access-date=18 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706114608/http://www.roadconstruct.com.au/news/Local-officer-honoured-in-naming-of-Mulgrave-River |archive-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} The old Mulgrave River Bridge was regularly submerged by flood waters during the wet season.{{cite news |title=Bridge dry as road floods in Gordonvale |author=Petrinec, Melanie |work=cairns.com.au |date=28 December 2010 |url=http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2010/12/28/142011_local-news.html |access-date=18 January 2011 |archive-date=30 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230145734/http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2010/12/28/142011_local-news.html |url-status=live }}

The construction of the bridge was fast-tracked by installation of 50 precast concrete girders.{{cite news |title=Massive crane to help deliver Mulgrave River bridge sooner |work=ozprodrivers |url=http://www.ozprodrivers.com.au/news.php?extend.6032.2 |access-date=18 January 2011 |archive-date=17 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317074906/http://www.ozprodrivers.com.au/news.php?extend.6032.2 |url-status=live }} The bridge was completed as part of a number of projects undertaken by the Australian Government to flood-proof the Bruce Highway and provide all year round access to Far North Queensland.{{cite news |title=Work starts on new $48 million Mulgrave River bridge |work=Department of the Premier and Cabinet |publisher=Queensland Government |date=29 May 2008 |url=http://www.cabinet.qld.gov.au/MMS/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=58301 |access-date=18 January 2011 |archive-date=13 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313074038/http://www.cabinet.qld.gov.au/MMS/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=58301 |url-status=live }}

The bridge is named in honour of Senior Constable Desmond Trannore, of Gordonvale Police Station, who was shot and killed in the line of duty on 27 October 1964, while assisting a woman and her children following a report of domestic violence.{{Cite web |title=Desmond Trannore |url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/desmond-trannore |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=Queensland Police |archive-date=10 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910094820/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/desmond-trannore |url-status=live }}