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Appendices GHD | Appendices - Movable Span Bridge Study - Project, 22/16519 Appendix A – Movable bridge span location maps GHD | Appendices - Movable Span Bridge Study - Project, 22/16519 Bridge Name Description Opening Construction Status span date 1 Windsor, South Creek Pontoon l th 1802 Replaced 1813 2 Blackwattle Creek Bridge, Swing 1850 Replaced Wentworth Park prior to 1896 3 Pyrmont Bridge (First), Lattice 15.7m 1857 Replaced Darling Harbour, Sydney Swing and 1902 10.8m 4 Hopwood’s Pontoon Bridge Pontoon 1858 Replaced at Echuca, Murray River 1878 5 Glebe Island Bridge (First) Plate Swing 10.4m 1862 Replaced over Johnstons Bay, 1901 Sydney 6 Dunmore Bridge, Paterson Sliding 13.7m 1864 Replaced River 1899 7 Swansea Bridge, Lake Sliding 14.3m 1871 Replaced Macquarie 1909 8 Brewarrina, Barwon River Pontoon 1872 Replaced 1888 9 Hay Bridge, Murrumbidgee Lattice Two 1873 Replaced River Swing 15.1m 1973 10 Gladesville Bridge over Lattice Two 1881 Replaced Parramatta River, Lane Swing 16.5m 1964 Cove near Sydney 11 Balranald Bridge, Lift 15.0m 1882 Replaced Murrumbidgee River 1973 12 North Bourke Bridge, Lift 15.1m 1883 Permanently Darling River closed 13 Wilsons Creek Bridge at Sliding 15.1m 1884 Replaced Lismore 14 Lansdowne River Bridge at Sliding 15.2m 1884 Replaced Coopernook 1934 15 Punt Bridge over Erina Sliding 13.7m 1885 Replaced Creek at East Gosford 1963 16 Figtree Bridge over Lane Swing 14.5m 1885 Replaced Cove River 17 Cooks River Bridge at Sliding 8.5m 1887 Replaced Botany Sewage Farm 1916 18 *Brewarrina Bridge, Barwon Lift 14.6m 1888 Permanently River (BN 4854) closed 19 Gladstone Bridge, Belmore Bascule 12.2m 1891 Replaced River 1984 20 Camden Haven River Bascule 12.2m 1891 Replaced Bridge 21 Shea’s Creek Bridge, Canal Bascule 12.2m 1892 Replaced Road, St. Peters 1937 22 Kinchela Bridge, Kinchela Bascule 12.2m 1893 Replaced Creek 1925 Bridge Name Description Opening Construction Status span date 23 Mulwala Bridge, Murray Lift with four 14.1ml th 1893 Replaced River McDonald 1924 truss spans 24 Wentworth Bridge, Darling Lift with 14.1m 1893 Replaced River three 1969 McDonald truss spans 25 Tocumwal Bridge, Murray Lattice Lift 15.4m 1895 Replaced River 1989 26 Wilcannia Bridge, Darling Lift with two 15.4m 1896 Permanently River lattice truss closed. spans Pedestrian use only 27 *Swan Hill Bridge, Murray Lift with two 18.4m 1896 Operational River (BN 3215) Allan truss spans 28 *Dunmore Bridge, Paterson Lift with 16.7m 1899 Permanently River (BN 1683) three Allan closed truss spans 29 *Glebe Island Bridge over Swing 29.2m 1901 Operational Johnstons Bay, Sydney (BN Bridge 61) MR165 30 *Hinton Bridge, Paterson Lift with two 16.7m 1901 Permanently River (BN 1482) Allan truss closed spans 31 Murwillumbah Bridge, Lift with four 16.7m 1901 Replaced Tweed River Allan truss 1968 spans 32 *Cobram Bridge, Murray Lift with two 15m 1902 Currently River at Barooga (BN 3247) De Burgh locked, truss spans adjacent bridge restricts lift clearance 33 Telegraph Point Bridge over Bascule, 12.2m 1902 Replaced Wilson River, near Port curved path 1974 Macquarie counterweig ht 34 Pyrmont Bridge over Cockle Swing 34m 1902 Operational. Bay, Darling Harbour, Bridge Pedestrian Sydney use only 35 *Glebe Bridge, Richmond Bascule, 18.6m 1905 Currently River at Coraki (BN 2462) curved path locked but counterweig still operable ht 36 *Barham -Koondrook Lift with two 17.7m 1905 Currently Bridge, Murray River (BN De Burgh locked but 3256) truss spans still operable Bridge Name Description Opening Construction Status span date 37 Darlington Point Bridge, Bascule, 18.6ml th 1905 Replaced Murrumbidgee River curved path 1975 counterweig ht with a single De Burgh timber truss 38 *McFarlane Bridge, Bascule, 18.6m 1906 Currently Clarence River at Maclean curved path locked but (BN 2537) counterweig still operable ht 39 *Swansea Bridge, Lake Bascule 18.6m 1909 Replaced Macquarie (timber 1955 tower), curved path counterweig ht 40 Kyalite Bridge, Wakool Bascule, 18.6m 1912 Replaced River curved path 1981 counterweig ht with a single Dare truss 41 *Carrathool Bridge, Bascule, 20.2m 1924 Currently Murrumbidgee River (BN curved path locked but 3248) counterweig still operable ht with two Allan truss spans 42 Spit Bridge over Middle Double-leaf 18.9m 1924 Replaced Harbour, south of Seaforth Bascule 1958 43 *Murray River, Tooleybuc Lift with two 17.8m 1925 Currently (BN 3244) Allan truss locked but spans still operable 44 Murray River at Robinvale, Lift with four 16.7m 1925 Replaced Mildura (BN 51870 steel Pratt 2006 truss spans 45 *Murray River at Gonn Lift 18.8m 1926 Operational Crossing (BN 3375) 46 Darling River, Menindee “Strauss” 14.5m 1927 Counterweig Bascule. ht and towers removed in 1970. Remains in use as a rail bridge 47 *Abbotsford Bridge, Murray Lift with four 19.8m 1928 Operational River at Curlwaa (BN 5149) steel Pratt (manual) truss spans Bridge Name Description Opening Construction Status span date 48 *Narooma, Wagonga Inlet “Strauss” 19.2ml th 1931 Operational (BN 5972) Bascule with two steel Pratt truss spans 49 *Clarence River Bridge at “Rall” 25.6m 1932 Permanently South Grafton (BN 2322) Bascule closed with six steel Pratt truss spans. Also carries rail. 50 Landsdowne River, “Strauss” 19.0m 1934 Replaced Coopernook (BN 1805) Bascule 1999 51 *Clarence River, Mororo Lift with two 17.7m 1935 Permanently (BN 2154) steel Pratt closed truss spans 52 *Uhr’s Point aka Ryde Lift with two 34.7m 1935 Permanently Bridge, Parramatta River steel Pratt closed (BN 437) truss spans 53 Barneys Point Bridge, “Strauss” 15.1m 1936 Replaced Tweed River Bascule 1999 with two steel Pratt truss spans 54 Boyds Bay Bridge over Lift. 13.7m 1937 Replaced Terranora Creek, Tweed 1985 Heads 55 Martin Bridge over Manning Lift with ten 18.2m 1940 Permanently River, Taree steel Pratt closed truss spans 56 *Murray River at Nyah (BN Lift 18.6m 1941 Operational 3377) 57 *Hexham, Hunter Bridge Lift 37.9m 1952 Operational (BN 1378) 58 *Swansea Bridge, Lake Double-leaf 27.1m 1955 Operational. Macquarie (BN 1365) Bascule Duplicated 1989 59 *Clyde River, Batemans Lift with six 28.7m 1956 Operational Bay (BN 5950) steel Pratt truss spans 60 *Spit Bridge over Middle Bascule 39.92m 1958 Operational Harbour, south of Seaforth (BN 50) 61 *Wardell Bridge, Richmond Lift 25.4m 1964 Operational River, south of Ballina (BN 2166) Bridge Name Description Opening Construction Status span date 62 *Clarence River, Harwood Lift with four 37.8ml th 1966 Operational (BN 2151) steel Pratt truss spans 63 *Darling River, Wentworth Table 20.7m 1969 Operational (BN 5130) 64 *Swansea Bridge, Lake Double-leaf 26.2m 1989 Operational Macquarie (BN 7828) Bascule 65 *Broadwater Bridge, Bascule 15.1m 2005 Operational Richmond River from Barneys Point Bridge reused in conjunction with a modern concrete bridge Tweed Region Tweed North Coast Region 13 Lismore Heads Casino Ballina 54 Mallanganee 61 Fingal 35 Head 65 Broadwater 53 Evans Chinderah Head Kingscliff Tumbulgum Stotts Creek 51 Casuarina Iluka 62 Yamba Maclean 38 Condong Angourie 31 Murwillumbah Cabarita Beach Brooms Head Hastings Grafton 49 Sandon Point Q L D Tweed QLD Heads Lismore Brewarrina Grafton 18 8 12 Bourke Armidale Hat Head Tamworth Port Cobar 26 Wilcannia Macquarie SSA A Broken Harrington Hill NNSW S W Dubbo 46 Menindee Bulahdelah Maitland Ivanhoe Cessnock Newcastle Orange Bathurst Lithgow 15 1 Penrith Wentworth Liverpool Sydney 63 24 47 Mildura Wollongong Hay 41 44 9 37 11 Goulburn 40 43 Wagga 56 Wagga Belconnen Canberra Jervis Bay 27 Queanbeyan 45 Tuggeranong 36 59 25 32 23 Albury 4 Moama 48 VVIC I C Sydney Region Newcastle Region Port Macquarie Region South West Rocks Chatswood 42 22 60 Manly 19 Hat Head 6 28 Meadowbank 30 52 Maitland Crescent 16 Head Watsons Woolwich 10 Bay 33 Circular 57 Cessnock Quay Concord 5 3 Elizabeth 29 Port Macquarie Five 34 Bay Dock Lilyfield 2 Double Burwood Bay Newcastle Comboyne Central North 20 Tamarama Haven Clovelly 14 58 Canterbury 21 7 39 50 Harrington South 64 55 Beverly Coogee Old Bar 17 Botany Hills Kyeemagh Maroubra Replaced/demolished bridge Existing bridge LEGEND ## Sliding ! Swing # ! # Bascule !! Bascule ## Swing !! Table ## Pontoon ! ## Vertical Lift ! Pontoon !! Vertical Lift !! Sliding Job Number 22-16519 Paper Size A3 Roads and Maritime Services Revision 0 0 25 50 100 150 200 Moveable Span Bridge Study Date 12 Feb 2014 Kilometers Horizontal Datum: GDA 1994 Grid: GCS GDA 1994 o Bridge Locations Figure 1 G:\22\16519\GIS\Maps\Deliverables\2216519_001_BridgeLocationsA3__0.mxd Level 3, GHD Tower, 24 Honeysuckle Drive, Newcastle NSW 2300 T 61 2 4979 9999 F 61 2 4979 9988 E [email protected] W www.ghd.com.au © 2014. Whilst every care has been taken to prepare this map, GHD (LPI, RMS and Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)) make no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and cannot accept liability and responsibility of any kind (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) for any expenses, losses, damages and/or costs (including indirect or consequential damage) which are or may be incurred by any party as a result of the map being inaccurate, incomplete or unsuitable in any way and for any reason. Data source: Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia), DTDB, 2006. LPI, DTDB, 2010. RMS, Bridge locations, 2013. Created by: Lismore North Coast Region Casino Ballina Mallanganee 61 35 65 Broadwater Evans Head 51 Iluka 62 Q L D Maclean Yamba QLD 38 Angourie Brooms Head Sandon 49 Grafton Tweed Heads Lismore Grafton
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