Bolte Bridge
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The Bolte Bridge is a large twin cantilever road bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Bolte Bridge carries a total of eight lanes of traffic – four lanes northbound and four lanes southbound. While officially only 490 metres in length, the actual structure appears much longer as it forms part of a 5 kilometre elevated roadway between Flemington Road and the West Gate Freeway. It spans the Yarra River and Victoria Harbour in the Docklands precinct to the west of the Melbourne CBD. It forms part of the CityLink system of toll roads that connects the Tullamarine Freeway from the northern suburbs with the West Gate Freeway and the Domain and Burnley tunnels to the Monash Freeway and the south eastern suburbs.[1] It is named after Victoria's 38th and longest-serving Premier, Sir Henry Bolte.
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Bolte Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 37°49′10.12″S 144°55′55.65″E |
Carries | 8 lanes (4 inbound, 4 outbound) |
Crosses | Yarra River |
Locale | Melbourne, Australia |
Maintained by | Transurban |
Characteristics | |
Design | Cantilever, box girder bridge |
Total length | 5000 metres |
Width | 15.35 metres |
Longest span | 173 metres |
Clearance below | Approx 25 metres |
History | |
Opened | 16 August 1999; 24 years ago (1999-08-16) |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | Approx 50,000 |
Toll | A$3.42 (one way) |
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