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By Ryan00 on 16-Mar-14. Waypoint GA6689

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Ferry Bridge - Hanmer Springs, South Island NZ
A bridge that makes even the average photographer look good. As far as bungy jumping from it though . . . .
TFTC Ryan00

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Found while searching for scavenger hunts!

This is the L H Ford Bridge, as you can see in the attached picture. I took a couple of pictures, but they are with my phone and at night so are pretty poor quality, sorry. I've also added a photo from opening day in September 1969 that shows the largeness of the bridge and also shows the old White Bridge it replaced.

The Victoria Bridge in Devonport is actually two 2-lane bridges carrying the Bass Highway over the Mersey River and is one of the busiest stretches of road in the state. It is a multi-span pre-stressed concrete construction. The photo added to the Gallery is from the eastern side of the Mersey River looking south, with Mrs y'stassie in the foreground. The second photo is taken from the car as we crossed the bridge and is looking towards where the first photo was taken. Thanks Ryan00 for the cache.

Large concrete bridge in Sutherland going over the railway line and a couple local streets as well.

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This is the George's river bridge, over the George's river in St Helens, Tasmania.

The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania

We were at New Norfolk for our annual big picnic so snapped a photo of the Derwent River from there

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Cotter River Bridge, ACT I ventured out with GrimRaider to grab some caches out at the Cotter and grabbed this photo of the Cotter Bridge. TFTC

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The Roseville Bridge is 377m of concrete box girder that crosses Middle Harbour on Sydney's North Shore.

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Princes Bridge Melbourne at night

#GA1166 - 19:50; I think that the Brooklyn Bridge in New York which connects Manhattan with Brooklyn will qualify as a reasonably large bridge to qualify for this locationless cache. TFTC Ryan00

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Indooroopilly Qld.
The Walter Taylor Bridge is a heritage-listed suspension bridge crossing the Brisbane River between Indooroopilly and Chelmer in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is shared by motor traffic and pedestrians and is the only habitable bridge in the Southern Hemisphere.


The bridge is a similar design to the Hercilio Luz Bridge in Florianópolis, Brazil, with the truss carrying the bridge being above the roadway and meeting the cables at non-uniform heights. This means that the suspension cables actually form the top chord of the truss, and this configuration is known as the Steinman (after its inventor) or Florianópolis type.[2]

The bridge is unique among Brisbane bridges in that the two towers of the bridge house residential accommodation, which were occupied until mid 2010 when the last members of the original tollmaster's family moved out. The Chelmer side of the bridge is bounded by a council park. A pontoon in this park was washed away in the 2011 flood, and has not yet been replaced (April 2013). The Walter Taylor Bridge is one of four bridges in close proximity to each other. The others are the Albert Bridge, Indooroopilly Railway Bridge, and the Jack Pesch Bridge.
The Railway Bridge is to the Eastern side downstream of the traffic Bridge. TFTL RYAN00

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Fitzsimons Lane bridge, Templestowe.

This bridge causes a large problem if vehicles cannot cross it. It is one of the few vehicular bridges that cross the Yarra River in the outer north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. If this bridge is closed it is about a 10km drive to the crossing in either Heidelberg or Warrandyte, which could add more than 20km to your journey depending on where you are travelling to.
It is only two lanes in each direction but it carries a large amount of traffic during peak periods.
(I could not get a close photo due to the abundant vegetation)

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The Narrows Bridge in Perth is the gateway between the northern and southern suburbs.
The original road bridge was opened in 1959 and was the largest precast prestressed concrete bridge in the world. Construction of the northern interchange for this bridge necessitated the reclamation of a large amount of land from the river.

Here's the view from the top of Gladesville Bridge looking back across to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. If figure it's big enough to quality as when it was completed in 1964, Gladesville Bridge was the longest single span concrete arch ever constructed.

Knapsack Bridge, huge old arches. Found on my walk in the Glenbrook area.

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This bridge took me to and from work today in Maffra town; it spans the Macalister river which borders the western edge of town. It carries not only vehicular traffic but is also shared by the Gippsland Plains Rail Trail pathway from which I was able to take a snap of the river. A lovely spot. TFTC Ryan00

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view from McGees Bridge at Midway Point. A bit choppy today. Claiming as part of the Summer Scavenger Series games. TFTL go

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Mt Henry Bridge, crossing over Canning River.
The longest road bridge in Western Australia, 660m long.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Henry_Bridge

The bridge between Goolwa and Hindmarsh island in South Australia is decent sized bridge.

It caused a lot of controversy when it was built, as the original custodians of the area believed it was the site of 'secret women's business'.

More info on the drama that occurred can be read at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindmarsh_Island_bridge_controversy

We didn't take our photo from top dead centre as it was blowing a gale up here today, but there are great views to be seen anyway.

Thanks Ryan00.

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Found this on a geocaching 'hunt' with Caughtatwork and mummy.

This bridge is the EJ Whitten Bridge.

McKillop Bridge - Crosses the Snowy River and is an impressive structure.

Claiming this one for the Summer Scavenger Series 2016

Thanks Ryan00

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The Bolte Bridge. No doubt this is one of the largest bridges in Melbourne. No stopping along the freeway, so a shot from down underneath taking in the wide approaches and tall markers in the middle
Thanks for this geocache which I am using as part of the Summer Scavenger Series.

The Narrows in Perth, WA. It's not the biggest bridge I've ever been on but it's close to home.

More info here [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrows_Bridge_(Perth)]

Picking up a few requirements for the Summer Scavenger Series 2016 found a large bridge spanned across a creek Fitzroy bridge at Windsor.
With a pedestrian bridge in the background.

Andrew Thompson built the first bridge over South Creek in 1802. It was a floating structure which was later replaced by a more permanent structure in 1813 named after its builder, John Howe. This bridge was replaced again in 1853 and then by the Fitzroy Bridge in 1881.

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Two for one. Here the six-lane, concrete girder Brooklyn bridge, completed in 1973, carries the Pacific Motorway across the Hawkesbury River just metres from the two-lane, steel truss Peats Ferry Bridge, completed in 1945, which carries the Pacific Highway.

The Tharwa Bridge over the Murrumbidgee River.

This is the Gold Coast Highway Bridge at Currumbin. I took the photo through the bridge at sunset tonight. Through the bridge pylons you should be able to see the Currumbin estuary and Currumbin Rock.

It was built in 1974 to replace the 1926 era 'Throwers Drive' bridge, itself at the time a two lane rickety old wooden bridge which used to wind its way up the bush on Currumbin hill. Since at the time this was the Pacific Highway, the changeover to a four lane bridge which ran straight up the hill was much needed. Since then, The Pacific Highway (or M1 as its known locally) has been diverted inland, but the view from the bridge always impresses me no matter what time of day or what the weather.

Thanks for the locationless.

Visiting Canberra and was travelling along Barrie Drive in Acton ACT when we took our picture of the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge which spans over Lake Burley Griffin

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I found myself at a location with a large bridge and remembered this cache. (I'll edit the coords from the proper computer)

This Ryde railway bridge, a pretty impressive and old bridge

BUMMEROO FORD BRIDGE
ABERCROMBIE-GOULBURN ROAD
MT WERONG, NSW

A nice timber bridge crossing the beautiful Abercrombie River, just south of Abercrombie Caves.

The beautiful bridge at St Albans, they have been working on it for years but now the scaffolding has gone & its looking great. One of my favourite places to go for a camping weekend, only 1 hour from Sydney.

My GPs is my phone which I use to take the photos.

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There is one Bridge that I must add, the Burdekin River Bridge between Ayr and Home Hill South of Townsville in QLD. I have walked across it several times when I am nearby for work and one of my photos (from 2008) shows the bridge in flood, the others were taken very recently.

(There is a GCA virtual cache on one end and a GC cache right in the middle)

From Wikipedia:
The Bridge was completed in 1957. Construction began 10 years earlier in 1947. At 1097 metres (3,600 ft) in length, it is one of the longest multi-span bridges in Australia and longer than Brisbane's Story Bridge or New South Wales's Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge. It is 46 metres shorter than Sydney's Harbour Bridge


This is a unique bridge which is "floating" in the sand, unlike almost all other bridges it is not firmly anchored to bedrock.

"Originally, it was thought that the bridge could not be built in its present location. No trace of rock could be found on which to build the bridge foundations. In 1946, two high-ranking Government engineers visited India to inspect a number of bridges built on sand foundations. The same technique was used for the Burdekin Bridge and it is the only bridge in Australia not built with a firm foothold.

The bridge rests on 11 huge, hollow, concrete caissons sunk into the river bed. The caissons are 17 metres across the top (measured parallel to the stream) and vary in width from 5.5 to 7.6 metres. The caissons were sunk into the river bed to a depth of about 30 metres. Add to that the approximately 20 metres that the caissons rise above the bed and the end result is some very massive pieces of concrete. Each weighs about 4,000 tons. The caissons were fitted with steel "cutting edges" to help them sink. The steel used in the cutting edges weighed 238 tons."

I nominate the Victoria Bridge in Picton.

Prior to opening this bridge in 1897, travellers on the Menangle Road wanting to go to Upper Picton or travel south on the Great Southern Road, had to proceed into the town centre at Lower Picton with its congestion, across the railway level crossing and climb the steep rise to Upper Picton. The residents of Upper Picton had to do the reverse to get access to the railway station. Until a railway overbridge at the railway station was completed in 1899, the bridge across Stonequarry Creek was accessed by a temporary level crossing near the railway station. Since 1900 the short cut from Menangle Road via Prince Street and Station Street, has been used to reach Upper Picton.

James Hooke, a prominent citizen and local property owner, lived in Upper Picton and had been agitating for such a connection since the 1880s. Approval came at the time of town's incorporation in 1895 and the bridge was opened on 7 October, 1897.

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This is the Raleigh Rd Bridge over the Maribyrnong River in Victoria.

I was on a boat trip up the river for lunch.

Took a photo before we went underneath.

TFTL

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The Algebuckina Bridge over the Neale River on the Oodnadatta Track was once the longest railway bridge in SA

Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges
Brisbane

The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges are a pair of toll road bridges on the Gateway Motorway, which skirts the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland.

The original bridge (formerly named the Gateway Bridge) was opened on 11 January 1986 and cost A$92 million to build. The duplicate bridge was opened in May 2010, and cost $350 million.

On 16 May 2010 the Queensland Government renamed the Gateway Bridge and its duplicate the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges.

The bridge across Waimakarir river is being replaced as can be seen here. This bridge has often had to close recently because of damage to the pylons. It leads into Rangiora north of Christchurch.

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Found One!
The King William St bridge over the River Torrens.

Built in 1930 it caries 8 lanes of traffic and 2 footpaths over the River Torrens. As such it is almost wider than it is long. It has several plaques attached to it - I've posted pics of the larger ones.

Also, cache number 4900 for me!
TFTC

The West Gate Bridge in Melbourne.

Surprised to see that this "reasonably large bridge" hadn't been logged yet so stopped after work for a couple of photos.

Thanks Ryan00 for the smiley.

The Batman Bridge is a modern bridge spanning the Tamar River in the north of Tasmania, with a number of caches nearby.

The bridge is on the Batman Highway connecting the West Tamar Highway (state route A7) to the East Tamar Highway (state route A8). The eastern end of the bridge is located at Whirlpool Reach, George Town and the western end is about halfway between Kayena and Deviot. The bridge overlooks the Deviot Sailing Club and is named after John Batman, Launceston businessman and co-founder of Melbourne.

Built between 1966 and 1968, it was the first cable-stayed bridge in Australia and among the first such bridges in the world. The main span is 206 metres long, suspended from a 91-metre-high steel A-frame tower. The deck is 10.3 metres wide. The tower is on the west bank of the Tamar river, on a solid dolerite rock base which carries 78% of the weight of the main span. The length of the bridge is 432 metres between abutments. The east bank is soft clay not capable of supporting a bridge. A causeway carries the highway across this softer base, supported by four piers built on piles driven up to 18 metres into the clay. The bridge deck is constructed of steel which is lighter than concrete, but required much more welding on site during construction.

At Murray Bridge for the Mega Event.

Figured that someone would have got the two main bridges in town so we captured one out of town a little bit.

Hi Ryan00
This is a photo of the Tasman Bridge crossing the Derwent River in Tasmania.
This bridge has had a sordid history, most Tasmanians know the story.
Purposely built to let river traffic pass under it, now because of the accident some years ago, when a large ship goes beneath its spans the traffic atop has to stop while it passes below; which defeats its original designs purpose.
It is still a magnificent structure and to walk across it is fun.
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.

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A big bridge in Sydney....actually the biggest bridge in Sydney I would say.

Thanks for the fun locationless....

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Castlereagh Highway Bridge
Marrangaroo, NSW



Took this photo near the 'Overpass Trig' . . . trying to show both the bridge itself and the view . . .

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The Leven Bridge over the Leven River at Ulverstone was completed just over two years ago and replaced a very rickety (but we were assured that it was safe) bridge constructed many years ago. The bridge area is now complemented by extensive redevelopment of the wharf area and of the banks of the river on either side. The coordinates posted are for the centre of the bridge and the photo was taken from the wharf area at S41 09.353 E146 10.147. As a matter of interest, the old bridge, the new bridge at various stages of construction and the demolition of the old bridge can be seen in the Historical Imagery available in Google Earth. Thanks for the cache Ryan00.

Lets see how it goes!