点评:The Barmera railway line was the second railway built to develop the Murray Mallee region of South Australia and until 1982 this bridge formed part of its journey. The bridge was designed by the South Australian Railways and fabricated by Perry Engineering of Adelaide. It opened on 31 January 1927.
It was built as a road-rail bridge with both the Sturt Highway and Barmera railway lines using the same reservation. Maintenance cost were shared equally between both parties.
The bridge consists of a vertical-lift span 24 m long which can rise 9.1 m in one and a half minutes. The vertical-lift span is opened still for river traffic... you will note there are boom gate arms that come down to block access onto the bridge at these times.
I really do love something about old bridges... it could be the classic look or the idea that once it didn't exist and what was in it's place...if anything.
翻译:Barmera 铁路线是为开发南澳大利亚 Murray Mallee 地区而建造的第二条铁路,直到 1982 年,这座桥才成为其旅程的一部分。这座桥由南澳大利亚铁路公司设计,由阿德莱德的佩里工程公司制造。它于 1927 年 1 月 31 日开放。
它是一座公铁两用桥,Sturt 高速公路和 Barmera 铁路线使用相同的预留区。维修费用由双方平摊。
这座桥由一个 24 米长的垂直升降跨度组成,可以在一分半钟内上升 9.1 米。垂直升降跨度仍然为河流交通开放……你会注意到,此时有吊杆门臂下降以阻止进入桥梁。
我真的很喜欢旧桥的一些东西……它可能是经典的外观,也可能是它曾经不存在的想法,而现在它的位置……如果有的话。