Bolte Bridge

Bolte Bridge
The Bolte Bridge from the Melbourne Docklands
Coordinates37°49′10.12″S 144°55′55.65″E / 37.8194778°S 144.9321250°E / -37.8194778; 144.9321250
Carries8 lanes (4 inbound, 4 outbound)
CrossesYarra River
LocaleMelbourne, Australia
Maintained byTransurban
Characteristics
DesignCantilever, box girder bridge
Total length5000 metres
Width15.35 metres
Longest span173 metres
Clearance belowApprox 25 metres
History
Opened16 August 1999; 25 years ago (1999-08-16)
Statistics
Daily trafficApprox 50,000
TollA$3.42 (one way)
Location
Map

The Bolte Bridge is a large twin cantilever road bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Bolte Bridge carries a total of eight lanes of traffic – four lanes northbound and four lanes southbound. While officially only 490 metres in length, the actual structure appears much longer as it forms part of a 5 kilometre elevated roadway between Flemington Road and the West Gate Freeway. It spans the Yarra River and Victoria Harbour in the Docklands precinct to the west of the Melbourne CBD. It forms part of the CityLink system of toll roads that connects the Tullamarine Freeway from the northern suburbs with the West Gate Freeway and the Domain and Burnley tunnels to the Monash Freeway and the south eastern suburbs.[1] It is named after Victoria's 38th and longest-serving Premier, Sir Henry Bolte.

  1. ^ "Bolte Bridge - History, Named After, Towers & Map, Melbourne". Melbourne Point (Holiday Point). 12 May 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2016.