Grafton Bridge (New South Wales)

Grafton Bridge
Grafton Bridge
	View of Grafton Bridge from the north bank of the Clarence River, in 2021
Coordinates	29°41′53″S 152°56′32″E / 29.69806°S 152.94222°E
Carries	Bent Street; North Coast railway line; Motor vehicles; Railway line; Water supply; Pedestrians;
Crosses	Clarence River
Locale	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia
Maintained by	Transport for NSW
Characteristics
Design	Bascule truss bridge
Material	Steel
Pier construction	Concrete
Piers in water	7
Clearance above	12 metres (38 ft)
Clearance below	3 metres (11 ft)
History
Constructed by	NSW Public Works Department
Construction start	1922
Construction end	1932
Construction cost	A£500,000
Inaugurated	19 July 1932 by; Sir Isaac Isaacs, Governor-General of Australia
Replaced by	Balun Bindarray Bridge (since 2019); (Concurrent use as a road bridge)
Location
References

The Grafton Bridge is a heritage-listed bascule truss bridge that carries Bent Street (formerly the Summerland Way) and North Coast railway line across the Clarence River in Grafton, New South Wales, Australia. The bridge links the Grafton central business district with South Grafton, and was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[2]

A parallel Balun Bindarray Bridge, located 70 metres (230 ft) east of the original bridge and initially consisting of two lanes, opened to traffic on 12 December 2019.^[3]^[4]

^ McLennan, Maxwell (19 July 1932). "Grafton Bridge: Today's opening". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 March 2013 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
^ "Grafton rail and road bridge over Clarence River". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01036. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ "New Grafton bridge crossing opens to traffic". NSW Nationals. 12 December 2019. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^ Roads & Maritime Services (February 2020). "New Grafton bridge: Project update" (PDF). Transport for NSW. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[SMH-1] McLennan, Maxwell (19 July 1932). "Grafton Bridge: Today's opening". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 March 2013 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.

[nswshr-1036-2] "Grafton rail and road bridge over Clarence River". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01036. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

[opening-3] "New Grafton bridge crossing opens to traffic". NSW Nationals. 12 December 2019. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[TfNSW-4] Roads & Maritime Services (February 2020). "New Grafton bridge: Project update" (PDF). Transport for NSW. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

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