MacRobertson Bridge
Bridge in Australia
title: "MacRobertson Bridge" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bridges-over-the-yarra-river", "1934-establishments-in-australia", "bridges-completed-in-1934", "bridges-in-melbourne", "transport-in-the-city-of-yarra", "buildings-and-structures-in-the-city-of-yarra", "transport-in-the-city-of-stonnington", "buildings-and-structures-in-the-city-of-stonnington"] description: "Bridge in Australia" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacRobertson_Bridge" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Bridge in Australia ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Bridge"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| bridge_name | MacRobertson Bridge |
| locale | Melbourne, Australia |
| carries | Road, pedestrians |
| crosses | Yarra River, Monash Freeway |
| open | |
| coordinates | |
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The MacRobertson Bridge is a road bridge that carries Grange Road from Toorak on the south bank into Burnley, over the Yarra River and the Monash Freeway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The first river crossing at the site was Twickenham Ferry, which conveyed passengers and was founded by waterman Jesse Barrow in 1880. it was named for the Twickenham Ferry in London.{{cite web |url=http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FRCMS%20278%2F44;recurse=1 |title= Twickenham Ferry in Australia |publisher=janus.lib.cam.ac.uk |accessdate=2008-07-09 |url = http://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/Planning/Strategic%2520Planning/pdf/HeritageJune07/Yarra%2520Heritage%2520Review/Vol%25201%2520-%2520Thematic%2520History%2520-%252059%2520to%252092.pdf |title = Private and Public Transportation |work = City of Yarra Heritage Review: Thematic History |author = City of Yarra |publisher = 209.85.173.104 |accessdate = 2008-07-09 |page = 60 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080808115923/http://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/Planning/Strategic%20Planning/pdf/HeritageJune07/Yarra%20Heritage%20Review/Vol%201%20-%20Thematic%20History%20-%2059%20to%2092.pdf |archivedate = 2008-08-08
The bridge was opened on October 31, 1934, although a plaque on the bridge places this date as November 5 in the same year. When built the bridge was one of two bridges in the world to be the first to use welded steel trusses.{{cite web |url=http://www.aussieheritage.com.au/listings/vic/Gelantipy/McKillopBridge/17130 |title=McKillop Bridge |work=Register of the National Estate |publisher=www.aussieheritage.com.au |accessdate=2008-07-09
As built the bridge only spanned the Yarra, but in 1967 the South Eastern Arterial was built, running under the northernmost span.{{cite web |url = http://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/planning/Strategic%2520Planning/pdf/HeritageJune07/Richmond/Richmond%2520Conservation%2520Study%2520Volume%25202%2520-%2520pages%252068%2520to%252095.pdf |title = Richmond Conservation Study |author = City of Yarra |publisher = 209.85.173.104 |accessdate = 2008-07-09 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080808120429/http://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/Planning/Strategic%20Planning/pdf/HeritageJune07/Richmond/Richmond%20Conservation%20Study%20Volume%202%20-%20pages%2068%20to%2095.pdf |archive-date = 2008-08-08 |url-status = dead
References
References
- (6 October 1934). "LOAN COUNCIL". [[The Argus (Melbourne)]].
- {{cite VHD. 103849. MacRobertson Bridge, Yarra River
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