Mooney Mooney Bridge

Mooney Mooney Bridge
A view of the underside of Mooney Mooney Bridge from Beehive Bushwalk track, May 2020
Coordinates	33°25′59″S 151°15′14″E / 33.433°S 151.254°E / -33.433; 151.254
Carries	Pacific Motorway Motor vehicles only
Crosses	Mooney Mooney Creek
Locale	Mooney Mooney, Brisbane Water National Park, Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia
Official name	Mooney Mooney Creek Bridge
Other name(s)	The NSW Big Dipper Bridge
Named for	Mooney Mooney and Mooney Mooney Creek
Owner	Transport for NSW
Followed by	Old Mooney Mooney Creek Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Box girder cantilever bridge
Material	Concrete
Total length	480 metres (1,575 ft)
Width	27 metres (89 ft)
Height	75 metres (246 ft)
Longest span	220 metres (722 ft)
No. of lanes	6; as a grade-separated twin motorway
History
Designer	Bruce Judd NSW Department of Main Roads
Constructed by	Enpro Constructions
Inaugurated	14 December 1986 (1986-12-14) by Bob Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia
Replaces	Old Mooney Mooney Creek Bridge (concurrent use as Pacific Highway) (B83)
Location

The Mooney Mooney Bridge, officially the Mooney Mooney Creek Bridge, and popularly known as The NSW Big Dipper Bridge, is a twin cantilever bridge that carries the Pacific Motorway (M1) across Mooney Mooney Creek, located near Mooney Mooney in the Brisbane Water National Park on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The concrete box girder bridge was opened on 14 December 1986 by the Prime Minister of Australia, Bob Hawke, and is owned and maintained by Transport for NSW, an agency of the Government of New South Wales.

The Pacific Motorway is the main road link between Sydney, the Central Coast and the Hunter Region. The only other road that links all three regions is the Pacific Highway (B83) which from Cowan to Kariong follows a scenic winding route.^[1]