Sale Swing Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Sale swing bridge, in closed position | |
| Coordinates | 38°08′47″S 147°05′13″E / 38.146345°S 147.086860°E |
| Carries | Swing Bridge Drive, formerly South Gippsland Highway, formerly Port Albert Road[1] |
| Crosses | Latrobe River |
| Locale | Gippsland, Victoria, Australia |
| Official name | Sale Swing Bridge |
| Other name(s) | La Trobe Bridge (former name) |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Swing bridge |
| Material | Wrought iron spans, timber deck, concrete-filled cast iron piers |
| Total length | 45.6m (swinging section) |
| Width | 6.7m (22 feet) |
| History | |
| Designer | John Grainger |
| Constructed by | Peter Platt |
| Fabrication by | Castings by Messers Johnson & Company of Tyne Foundry, Melbourne |
| Construction start | 1880 |
| Construction end | 1883 |
| Opened | 1883 |
| Location | |
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The Sale Swing Bridge is located on Swing Bridge Drive near the South Gippsland Highway, Longford, 5 km south of the city of Sale, Victoria, Australia[2] and spans the Latrobe River at its junction with the Thomson River.
The bridge was designed to be operated by a two-person hand cranking system. Currently, it is opened using a trailer-mounted hydraulic power unit.
As at 2023, the bridge opens each Saturday and Sunday between 3pm and 4pm, and on the second Wednesday of every month between 11am and 12 noon.[2]
- ^ Beauchamp, David; Peake, Owen; Allison, Brian (October 2009). "Nomination Document for the Sale Swing Bridge" (PDF). Engineers Australia. Engineers Australia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Sale Swing Bridge". The Middle of Everywhere. Wellington Shire Council. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.