Bridgewater Bridge (Tasmania)

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The Bridgewater Bridge is a road and rail bridge that carries the Midland Highway and South Railway Line across the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The steel truss vertical lift bridge and specially-built causeway connect the Hobart suburbs of Bridgewater and Granton. The bridge was completed in 1946 and accommodates a two-lane highway, a single track railway and a grade-separated footpath. The bridge is the major connector of the Midland Highway on the eastern shore and the Brooker Highway on the western shore. The bridge is the oldest surviving lift span bridge in Australia; lifting of the bridge can cause considerable traffic delays.

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Bridgewater Bridge (Tasmania)
Midland Highway, Hobart Granton

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N -42.740833333333 °	E 147.22527777778 °

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Bridgewater Bridge

Midland Highway
7030 Hobart, Granton
Tasmania, Australia
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