The Tourle Street Bridge is a pair of road bridges that carry Tourle Street across the Hunter River from Mayfield West to Kooragang in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.
Tourle Street Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Carries | Tourle Street |
| Crosses | Hunter River |
| Locale | Kooragang, New South Wales |
| Owner | Transport for NSW |
| Characteristics | |
| No. of lanes | 4 |
| History | |
| Opened | 6 May 2009 June 2018 (duplicated) |
The original steel truss bridge opened on 20 February 1965.[1] On 6 May 2009 a two-lane replacement concrete bridge opened immediately to the east overcoming restrictions on vehicle height with the original demolished.[2][3][4]
In June 2018, a nearly identical northbound bridge opened on the site of the 1965 bridge with the 2009 built bridge becoming one way southbound.[5][6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ New Hunter River Bridge Main Roads March 1965 page 65
- ^ $44 million Tourle Street bridge to open at Mayfield Newcastle Herald 6 May 2009
- ^ Tourle Street Bridge DECC
- ^ Tourle St Bridge to be demolished ABC News 25 June 2009
- ^ Tourle Street Duplication McIlwain
- ^ Traffic flowing smoothly on new Tourle St Bridge NBN News 22 June 2018
- ^ Tourle Street duplication at Kooragang almost complete Roads & Maritime Services 22 June 2018
- ^ Kooragang - duplication of Tourle Street and Cormorant Road Roads & Maritime Services