Joy Baluch AM Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 32°29′10″S 137°45′44″E / 32.4861°S 137.7623°E |
| Carries | Highway 1 |
| Crosses | Spencer Gulf |
| Locale | Port Augusta, South Australia |
| Preceded by | Yorkey Crossing |
| Characteristics | |
| No. of lanes | 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1972 |
| Replaces | Great Western Bridge |
| Location | |
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The Joy Baluch AM Bridge is a bridge across Spencer Gulf between Port Augusta and Port Augusta West in South Australia. It carries Highway 1 and is a key road link on both east–west and north–south road routes in Australia. The western end leads to Eyre Peninsula, the Eyre Highway (to Western Australia) and the Stuart Highway (to the Northern Territory). The eastern end leads to the Augusta Highway towards Adelaide, Victoria and New South Wales.
The bridge was opened in 1972.[1] In 2012 it was named after Joy Baluch who had been mayor of Port Augusta for forty years.[2]
- ^ "HERITAGE WALK" (PDF). WalkingSA. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Bridge named after 'national icon' Baluch". ABC News. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2020.