Silverwater Bridge

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Field	Value
bridge_name	Silverwater Bridge
image	Silverwater Bridge 1.JPG
caption	Silverwater Bridge in 2007
carries	Silverwater Road
crosses	Parramatta River
locale	Silverwater, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
owner	Transport for NSW
design	Box girder
material	Concrete and metal
length	189 metres
builder	John Holland
open
traffic	29,000 (2012)
preceded	Parramatta Light Rail bridge
followed	John Whitton Bridge
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	14
coordinates
references
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The Silverwater Bridge is a concrete box girder bridge that spans the Parramatta River in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The bridge carries Silverwater Road over the river to link Silverwater in the south to Rydalmere and Ermington in the north.

Description

Built by John Holland, the Silverwater Bridge was opened on 10 November 1962 by Premier of New South Wales Bob Heffron and was the first concrete box girder bridge built in New South Wales.

It was the first of the two major bridges needed to construct the Hornsby-Heathcote county road (the other being the Alfords Point Bridge), and was the second project undertaken in the construction of this county road (the first being Olympic Drive, Lidcombe, between Boorea and Church Streets, in 1959).

In conjunction with the construction of the bridge, Silverwater Road between Parramatta Road and the bridge was widened to six lanes, and was extended across the new bridge to connect to Victoria Road at Ermington.

The origin of the suburb's name, and subsequently the bridge's name, is unknown. It may have been a reference to the nearby Parramatta River, which could have provided silver reflections of light off the water.

References

References

1. (2012). "Average Daily Traffic Volumes". [[Roads & Maritime Services]].
2. Kass, Terry. (February 2006). "RTA Thematic History: A component of the RTA Heritage and Conservation Register". [[Roads & Maritime Services]].
3. ''RiverCat''. (9 December 1935). "Parramatta River Bridges". Australian Society for History of Engineering and Technology.
4. Main Roads]]'' December 1962 pages 50–55
5. (1994). "A Constant Challenge: A History of the John Holland Group 1949–1986". [[John Holland Group.
6. (1990). "The Book of Sydney Suburbs". [[Angus & Robertson]].

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