Fremantle Railway Bridge

Bridge from north
Bridge from west end of harbour

Fremantle Railway Bridge is the name given to the current railway bridge on the Fremantle railway line, and the second structure with that name that crosses the Swan River between Fremantle and North Fremantle.

The siting of the original bridge was of concern due to its limiting the eastern extent of the Fremantle Harbour[1]

The current bridge is further up stream and closer to the Fremantle Traffic Bridge than the earlier lower structure, and was being planned in the 1950s.[2]

In 1926 the earlier bridge were destroyed by floods,[3] and were re-built soon after.[4]

The current bridge was damaged in the 2000s, by ships hitting the bridge, one during a storm, but was repairable. It now has barriers to prevent further events.

Notes

  1. ↑ "FREMANTLE RAILWAY BRIDGE". The Inquirer And Commercial News. LVIII, (3, 204). Western Australia. 2 September 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 15 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ Maunsell, (G.) and Partners (1959), Railway bridge over the Swan River at Fremantle : memorandum of agreement, London, retrieved 15 January 2017
  3. ↑ Collapse of Fremantle Railway Bridge, July 1926, 1900, retrieved 15 January 2017
  4. ↑ Rebuilding the Fremantle Railway Bridge, 1928, 1928, retrieved 15 January 2017

Coordinates: 32°02′29″S 115°45′14″E / 32.0414°S 115.7538°E / -32.0414; 115.7538

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