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Princes Bridge, originally Prince's Bridge, [5] is a bridge in central Melbourne, Australia that spans the Yarra River.It is built on the site of one of the oldest river crossings in the city, and forms a gateway into the central city from the south.
The first bridge was completed 2 years earlier near Cocoa, Florida. By May 1921 the bridge was complete and unofficially opened as a toll bridge. It was 9,706 feet (2,958 meters) or nearly 2 miles (3.2 km) long (3 kilometers). Approximately 1/3 of the way from Melbourne there was a 134-foot-long (41 m) hand-operated draw.
The first section to be built was between the Princes Bridge and Punt Road to the south of the Melbourne central business district, which opened in November 1975. [4] The second section from Punt Road to the MacRobertson Bridge in Toorak and third section to Hawthorn Bridge were built in subsequent years.
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In 1850, a government-built sandstone bridge, Princes Bridge, replaced the wooden bridge. The bridge was designed by David Lennox, a Scottish-trained engineer who had arrived in Melbourne from New South Wales in 1844. The opening of the bridge was a major occasion, with Superintendent Charles La Trobe and Georgiana McCrae in attendance. [2]
On 29 June 1980, Princes Bridge station was merged with Flinders Street Station as platforms 14, 15 and 16. [6] By 1975, the track had been simplified to run into platform 14, 15 and 16 only, [ 7 ] and was further simplified by 1982 due to the construction nearby of the City Circle portal of the City Loop railway.
Trail map The Capital City Trail is a shared use path in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia , which circles the city centre and some inner eastern and northern suburbs. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is 29 km in length, and mostly consists of sections of other trails, such as the Merri Creek Trail , Main Yarra Trail , Moonee Ponds Creek Trail and Inner ...
This is a list of major bridges in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: . Bolte Bridge; Charles Grimes Bridge; Church Street Bridge; Cremorne Railway Bridge; Darebin Creek Bridge; Evan Walker Bridge