Bridge Name: | Mary MacKillop Bridge |
Named For: | Mary MacKillop |
Carries: | Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line |
Crosses: | Port River |
Locale: | Lefevre Peninsula |
Owner: | Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure |
Followed: | Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge |
Design: | Bascule |
Length: | 770 metres |
Num Track: | 1 |
Track Gauge: | 1435mm 1600mm |
Builder: | Abigroup |
Open: | 1 August 2008 |
Coordinates: | -34.8383°N 138.5068°W |
The Mary MacKillop Bridge is a bascule bridge in Adelaide, Australia that carries the Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line over the Port River.
In July 2005, Abigroup was awarded a contract to build a railway bridge and the adjoining Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge to carry the Port River Expressway over the Port River.[1] The bridge was built as part of a project to divert the Dry Creek-Port Adelaide line away from the Rosewater loop and bypass the suburban network.[2]
It was opened on 1 August 2008 by Premier Mike Rann.[3] [4]