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Sunday Bridge, Scenic Sunday

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Sandridge Bridge and Queens Bridge
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‘Seafarers Bridge’ reflects rich maritime history

South Wharf’s striking new pedestrian bridge is fittingly named to reflect Melbourne’s rich maritime history.

Officially named in late 2009, the bridge is already popular with walkers and bike riders accessing Melbourne’s world-class Convention Centre and travelling to and from Docklands.

The name was selected following a call for submissions from the community. More than 500 submissions were received.

The name draws on the rich maritime history of the area and is a fitting connection to the nearby ‘Mission to Seafarers’ centre located at the bridge’s northern landing.

The Mission to Seafarers is an international organisation which cares for the practical and spiritual welfare of seafarers of all nationalities and faiths.

The Melbourne Mission, created in 1905, is a volunteer-managed facility providing a home away from home for approximately 12,000 seafarers visiting the Port of Melbourne annually.

This bridge forms a vital connection between the city’s waterfront and the river-front.

Sunday Bridge

Look Across Sandridge Bridge to Crown Casino

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Bolte Bridge

The Bolte Bridge is a large twin Cantilever bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It spans the Yarra Riverand Victoria Harbour in the Docklands precinct to the west of the Melbourne CBD. It forms part of the CityLinksystem 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.

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A dull day on Webb Bridge

This Webb bridge look really great at night time, and look really good at the bright sunny day. And it has so many good photos of this bridge from internet. So I chose the dull rainy day for my shot. Something different for you !!!

Webb Bridge or Web Bridge? You'll find both names applied to the walkway/cycleway across the Yarra River from the southside housing developments to the northside entertainment, shopping and dining venues at the Melbourne Docklands.

It's an interesting, unique-looking bridge which is part of a Melbourne public art project. Webb Bridge (or Web Bridge) was actually designed to represent a Koori eel trap. The bridge reuses the remaining sections of the disused Webb Rail Bridge.

The design received first prize in a limited design competition. The brief called for the re-use of the remaining sections of the Webb Dock Rail Bridge, in order to link the Docklands on the north side to the new residential developments on the south side.

But because the framework of the bridge does look like a mesh or web, the name Web Bridge may become the more common appellation.

The bridge comprises two distinct sections: the 145m long existing structure and a new curved 80m long ramped link.

Crossing Webb Bridge from the Yarra River southside area known as Yarra's Edge brings you to Docklands Park on the north side and thence to Victoria Harbour Promenade, Harbour Esplanade with Etihad Stadium on the right, and on to NewQuay and Waterfront City on the north side of Victoria Harbour.

As an object, it appears as a delineated structure, a sensuous volume, light and linear. Space is seen as atmospheric, dynamic and transitional.’

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Morning at Southgate pedestrian bridge

Built in 1989 the Southgate pedestrian bridge over the Yarra River in Melbourne provides the main pedestrian link for thousands of workers and tourists between Flinders Street Station and the Southgate business and entertainment precinct.

Originally finished with traditional Merbau timber decking and more recently painted on 2 previous occasions with “anti slip” paints the maintenance of this this high profile location had in respect excessive wear, reduced safety and poor visual aesthetics become a concern for the Melbourne City Council.

In late 2006 City Wide services on behalf of MCC specified the removal of the existing timber deck and adopted to replace the existing deck with prefabricated “OmniTreads” to provide a long term solution to both the long term safety and aesthetics of the finished timber deck

Constructed from dressed Merbau timbers OmniTread decking panels are prefabricated to include the unique OMNIGRIP Deco surfacing to provide a durable, slip resistant and aesthetically pleasing decking finish.

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Footbridge steelwork

The structure is formed from a series of warped steel trusses, which span across the Yarra in three arches mirroring the Spencer Street Bridge profile beyond. Detailed analysis was required to resolve the way the footbridge worked to ensure that it did not become unstable under any load condition.

Princes Bridge is a historic bridge that crosses the Yarra River in Central Melbourne, Australia. It is built on the site of one of the oldest river crossings in Australia, being the third bridge on the same location, 

the first was built in 1844 and the current bridge was built in 1888, making it over 120 years old. The bridge connectsSwanston Street on the Yarra River's northern bank to St Kilda Road on the southern bank, and carries, road,tram and pedestrian traffic. The bridge is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.

Because of its position, Princes Bridge is often a focal point for celebratory events in Melbourne such as theMoomba Festival, New Years Eve and many celebrations taking place on the Yarra River where it flows through the city.