Paringa Bridge

Paringa Bridge
Coordinates 34°11′S 140°47′E / 34.18°S 140.78°E / -34.18; 140.78Coordinates: 34°11′S 140°47′E / 34.18°S 140.78°E / -34.18; 140.78
Carries Barmera railway line
Sturt Highway
Crosses Murray River
Locale Paringa, South Australia
Maintained by Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure
Characteristics
Design Vertical-lift
Total length 173 metres
History
Opened 31 January 1927
Closed 7 March 1984 (rail only)

The Paringa Bridge carries the Sturt Highway across the Murray River in Paringa, South Australia. Until 1982, it also carried the Barmera railway line.

Designed by the South Australian Railways and fabricated by Perry Engineering of Adelaide, the vertical-lift bridge opened on 31 January 1927.[1][2] It was built as a road-rail bridge with both the Sturt Highway and Barmera railway lines using the same reservation.[3]

Subsequently road lanes were added on either side to segregate the road and rail traffic.[3] The last train crossed the bridge on 21 May 1982 with the line beyond Renmark formally closed on 7 March 1984.[4] The railway tracks were removed in 1986 and the centre reservation converted to a shared pedestrian and cycle path.[5]

The vertical-lift span is opened twice a day for river traffic.[6]

The bridge is confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the South Australian Heritage Register.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The Paringa Bridge Adelaide Advertiser 31 January 1927 page 8
  2. ↑ "Renmark's Great Day" South Australian Register 1 February 1927 page 9
  3. 1 2 3 Paringa Bridge South Australia Heritage Places
  4. ↑ "Here & There" Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 561 July 1984 page 63
  5. ↑ "The Paringa Lift Span Bridge" Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 726 April 1998 pages 139-142
  6. ↑ Paringa Bridge lifting span operational again for River Murray traffic Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure 30 May 2015
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