List of bridges in Australia
Historical bridges
This table contains a non-exhaustive list of bridges listed on the various heritage registers of Australia.
Note one important bridge not in this list is the first Australian all-concrete railway bridge built in 1907 at Watson's Gap, near Port Elliott in South Australia (see note below).
Bridges of architectural interest
This table contains a non-exhaustive list of bridges of architectural interest, as determined by the Engineers Australia and/or other architectural organisations, as cited.
Major road and railway bridges
This table presents a non-exhaustive list of the road and railway bridges with spans greater than 100 metres (328 ft).
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ The length given only takes into account the main bridge, central span(s) and shore span(s), approach viaducts are not counted.
- "Heritage places and lists". Department of the Environment. Australian Government.
- ^ "National Heritage Places - Richmond Bridge".
- ^ "Richmond Bridge, Bridge St, Richmond, TAS (Place ID 105724)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government.
- ^ "Lansdowne Bridge, Hume Hwy, Lansvale, NSW (Place ID 3013)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government.
- ^ "Red Bridge, High St, Campbell Town, TAS (Place ID 13065)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government.
- ^ "Dickabram Bridge, Gunalda-Miva Rd, Miva, QLD (Place ID 15956)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government.
- ^ "Hampden Bridge, Moss Vale Rd, Kangaroo Valley, NSW (Place ID 1621)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government.
- ^ "Pyrmont Bridge, Market St, Darling Harbour, NSW (Place ID 1835)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government.
- ^ "Sydney Harbour Bridge, Bradfield Hwy, Dawes Point - Milsons Point, NSW".
- ^ "Story Bridge, Bradfield Hwy (Bowen Tce), Fortitude Valley, QLD".
- ^ "Walter Taylor Bridge, Coonan St, Indooroopilly, QLD".
- ^ a b "Heritage places and items : Suspension Bridge".
- ^ "Victoria Bridge, Melbourne St, Brisbane City, QLD".
- ^ "Heritage place and items : Hawkesbury River Rail Bridge and Long Island Group".
- ^ "Heritage places and items : Peats Ferry Road Bridge".
- ^ "Albert Bridge, Brisbane - Ipswich Rwy, Indooroopilly, QLD".
- Janberg, Nicolas. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.
- ^ "Richmond Bridge".
- ^ "Lennox Bridge".
- ^ "Lansdowne Bridge".
- ^ "Ross Bridge".
- ^ "Dickabram Bridge".
- ^ "Princes Bridge".
- ^ "Hampden Bridge".
- ^ "Pyrmont Bridge".
- ^ "William Jolly Bridge".
- ^ "Evan Walker Bridge".
- ^ "Jack Pesch Bridge".
- ^ "Goodwill Pedestrian Bridge".
- ^ "Webb Bridge".
- ^ "Kurilpa Bridge".
- ^ "Seafarers Bridge".
- ^ "Matagarup Bridge".
- ^ "Sydney Harbour Bridge".
- ^ "ANZAC Bridge".
- ^ "Tasman Bridge".
- ^ "West Gate Bridge".
- ^ "Gladesville Bridge".
- ^ "Story Bridge".
- ^ "Gateway Bridge".
- ^ "Mooney Mooney Creek Bridge".
- ^ "Batman Bridge".
- ^ "Eleanor Schonell Bridge".
- ^ "Walter Taylor Bridge".
- ^ "Captain Cook Bridge".
- ^ "Bolte Bridge".
- ^ "Pheasants Nest Bridge".
- ^ "Victoria Bridge".
- ^ "Merivale Bridge".
- ^ "Go Between Bridge".
- ^ "Sea Cliff Bridge".
- ^ "Albert Bridge".
- SA Government Department of Environment Register nomination report Heritage significance, Watson's Gap Bridge.
- Other references
- ^ "Menangle rail bridge over Nepean River". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
- ^ "Prince Alfred Bridge - Iron Road Bridge". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H02022. Retrieved 18 February 2020. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
- ^ "Victorian Heritage Database : Rail Bridge, Noojee Trestle Bridge Trail". vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au.
- ^ "Victorian Heritage Database : Rail Bridge (Albion Viaduct)". vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au.
- ^ "Queensland Heritage Register : William Jolly Bridge". apps.des.qld.gov.au - Queensland Government.
- ^ "Heritage NSW : Grafton Bridge".
- ^ "Heritage NSW : Grafton Bridge".
- ^ "Victorian Heritage Register : McKillops Bridge".
- ^ "Heritage Victoria : McKillops Bridge".
- ^ "Webb Bridge". architravel.com.
- ^ "Neville Bonner Bridge Architectural and Engineering Statement in Response to EDQ Request" (PDF). edqdad.dsdip.qld.gov.au. 2017.
- ^ Prade, Marcel Le pont "West Gate", à Melbourne sur la Yarra, p.290
- ^ "Engineer biography: Guy Maunsell". engineering-timelines.com.
- ^ Engineering heritage inner Brisbane: a walk / drive tour, p.27
- ^ John Hart, John Connal. "300 year sustainability: The Second Gateway Bridge Brisbane" (PDF). conferenz.co.nz. Aecom. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2013.
- ^ Prade, Marcel Le Mooney Mooney Bridge, sur la Mooney Creek, p.298
- ^ "Steel framed way speeds Brizzie bridge build - Eleanor Schonell Bridge". steel.org.au. Steel Australia. March 2008.
- ^ "Queensland Heritage Register : Walter Taylor Bridge". apps.des.qld.gov.au - Queensland Government.
- ^ Prade, Marcel Le Rip Bridge, près de Brisbane, Route n°615 (1974), p.297
- ^ Leonardo Fernández Troyano (2003). Bridge Engineering: A Global Perspective. Thomas Telford. p. 215. ISBN 9780727732156.
- ^ Matthew Hourigan, Padra Moua, Matthew Fleet, Dr. Robert Heywood, John Spathonis. "Rectification of Captain Cook Bridge Bearings".
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- ^ Prade, Marcel Les ponts jumeaux sur le Nepean, à Pheasants Nest, p.298
- ^ Don Fraser (October 2004). "Nomination Report for the Peats Ferry Bridge Hawkesbury River, NSW as an Historic Engineering Marker" (PDF). Engineers Australia.
- ^ PM opens new bridge in Tasmania Leighton Newsletter April 1984
- ^ "Sea Cliff Bridge - Construction Statistics". seacliffbridge.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009.
- ^ "Queensland Heritage Register : Albert Bridge". apps.des.qld.gov.au - Queensland Government.
- ^ "Queensland's archives : Indooroopilly Railway Bridge Plans". archivessearch.qld.gov.au - Queensland Government.
- ^ "Australia's longest bridge crosses the Macleay River in Northern NSW". arup.com.
- ^ "Kempsey bypass open". ABC News.
- ^ "Use the South Road Superway and save time northbound lanes to open on thursday night" (PDF). infrastructure.sa.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2014.
- ^ "Fact sheet 2 - The existing Houghton Highway bridge" (PDF). Department of Transport & Main Roads. June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2009.
- ^ "Fact sheet 3 - The new Houghton Highway bridge" (PDF). Department of Transport & Main Roads. June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2009.
- ^ "Hornibrook Highway Bridge". epa.qld.gov.au. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
- ^ "Fact sheet 1 - History of the Hornibrook Highway bridge" (PDF). Department of Transport & Main Roads. June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2009.
See also
- Transport in Australia
- Rail transport in Australia
- Geography of Australia
- Historic bridges of New South Wales
- List of bridges in Sydney
- List of bridges in Brisbane
- List of bridges in Melbourne
- List of bridges in Perth, Western Australia
- List of bridges in Hobart
- Bridges over the Brisbane River
- List of crossings of the Murray River
- Crossings of the Yarra River
External links
- "Engineering heritage inner Brisbane: a walk / drive tour" (PDF). engineersaustralia.org.au. Engineers Australia - Queensland Division. 2015.
- "Swan & Canning Rivers Bridges - Australian Engineering Week Tour 2009". engineersaustralia.org.au. Engineers Australia - Western Australia Division. Archived from the original (pdf) on 15 March 2011.
- "Suspension Bridges of Australia". bridgemeister.com.
- "Category: Bridges in Australia". highestbridges.com.
Further reading
- Prade, Marcel (1990). Les Grands Ponts du Monde : Ponts Remarquables Hors d'Europe (in French). Poitiers: Brissaud. p. 285. ISBN 2-902170-68-8.