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 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.
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 parallel bridge opened on the site of the 1965 bridge with the 2009 built bridge becoming one way heading north. [5] [6] [7] [8]
References
- ^ 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
