Bolte Bridge
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| Bolte Bridge | |
 View of the bridge from the bank of the Yarra River |
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| Carries | 6 lanes (3 inbound, 3 outbound) |
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| Crosses | Yarra River |
| Locale | Melbourne, Australia |
| Maintained by | Transurban |
| Design | Cantilever |
| Longest span | 173 metres |
| Total length | 490 metres |
| Width | 15.35 metres |
| Clearance below | Approx 25 metres |
| AADT | Approx 50,000 |
| Opening date | 16 August 1999 |
| Toll | AU$1.90 (One Way) |
| Connects the Melbourne CBD with north-western suburbs and the Melbourne Airport |
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The Bolte Bridge is a large twin Cantilever bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It spans the Yarra River and Victoria Harbour in the Docklands precinct to the west of the Melbourne CBD. It forms part of the CityLink system of tollroads that connects the Tullamarine Freeway from the northern suburbs with the West Gate Freeway and the Domain and Burnley tunnels to the Monash Freeway and the south eastern suburbs.
[edit] Construction
The bridge was designed by architects Denton Corker Marshall and constructed over three years from 1996 to 1999 and cost $75 million. It was named for former Premier of Victoria, Sir Henry Bolte.
The bridge is owned by CityLink and was built for head contractor Transurban by Baulderstone Hornibrook. It is one of the largest balanced cantilever cast in situ box girder bridges in Australia. The superstructure is built as two independent bridges of variable depth, prestressed concrete box girders, separated by a 1.15 m clear gap between the structures. Either side of the bridge rise twin ‘Gateway Towers’ to a height of 140 metres (459.3 ft) midway across the river which do not structurally contribute to the bridge. It has four spans with two main spans of 173 metres (567.6 ft) and side spans of 72 metres (236.2 ft), giving an overall bridge length of 490 metres (1,607.6 ft). The bridge supports six lanes of automobile traffic. Access is prohibited to cyclists and pedestrians.
Other bridges in Australia of similar construction are the Gateway Bridge, Brisbane and Mooney Mooney Bridge near Gosford, north of Sydney.
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| Central Melbourne bridges over the Yarra River |
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| West Gate Bridge • Bolte Bridge • Webb Bridge • Charles Grimes Bridge • Spencer Street Bridge • Kings Bridge • Queens Bridge • Sandridge Bridge • Southbank Footbridge • Princes Bridge • Swan Street Bridge • Morell Bridge • Hoddle Bridge • Cremorne Rail Bridge • Church Street Bridge • MacRobertson Bridge • Glen Waverley Line • Monash Freeway • Swan Street • Hawthorn Bridge • Victoria Bridge • Johnston Street Bridge • Eastern Freeway |
 Bolte Bridge, looking back to the Melbourne CBD |
 The Bolte Bridge at night, with the Telstra Dome, and Melbourne CBD in the background |
 Bolte Bridge taken from the Docklands |
