To the untrained eye, the Ringarooma Bridge on the Tasman Highway near Moorina in Tasmania’s north-east may appear to be no different from literally thousands of relatively ‘non-descript’ road and highway bridges located across Australia. Closer inspection reveals that it is far from ‘ordinary’. Indeed, this rather unsuspecting looking bridge has recently secured its place in Australian road and bridge safety history as the first bridge in Australia to feature the innovative new DOLRE Low Stress Parapet System.