The Entrance Bridge | |
|---|---|
 The 1968 Entrance Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 33°20′15″S 151°30′02″E / 33.337377°S 151.500478°E |
| Carries | Central Coast Highway  / Wilfred Barrett Drive
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| Crosses | Tuggerah Lakes |
| Locale | The Entrance, Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia |
| Named for | The Entrance Channel |
| Maintained by | Transport for NSW |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Girder bridge |
| Material | Concrete |
| Total length | 467 metres (1,532 ft) |
| No. of spans | 18 |
| History | |
| Construction start | 17 July 1967 |
| Opened | 20 December 1968 |
| Inaugurated | 14 April 1969 by the Hon. Robert Askin, NSW Premier |
| Replaces | Entrance Bridge (1934–c. 1968) |
| Location | |
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| References | |
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The Entrance Bridge is a road bridge that carries the Central Coast Highway (A49) across the Tuggerah Lakes Entrance Channel and joins the towns of The Entrance and The Entrance North, located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The 18-span, 467-metre long (1,532 ft)[2] concrete girder bridge carries road traffic, as well as a grade-separated pedestrian footpath and cycleway,[1] across Wilfred Barrett Drive as part of the Central Coast Highway.
The bridge is maintained by Transport for NSW,[2] an agency of the Government of New South Wales.
- ^ a b "Tuggerah Lakes cycleway". The Entrance Town Centre Management. 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ^ a b c "The Entrance Bridge maintenance, Community update" (PDF). Roads & Maritime Services. Government of New South Wales. January 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2016.