Crosses Balonne River Construction end 1953 Location St George Material Concrete Carries Motor vehicle, Pedestrian | Design Beam bridge Opened 1953 Bridge type Beam bridge Body of water Balonne River | |
Locale St George, Queensland, Australia Similar Beam bridge, Bulimba Memorial Park, Hayman Island, Wet Tropics of Queensland | ||
The Andrew Nixon Bridge is a road bridge over the Balonne River in St George, Queensland, Australia. The bridge, which is part of the Balonne Highway, is the only river crossing in the area.
The bridge is sometimes covered in floodwaters, most recently during the March 2010 Queensland floods and again during the January 2011 floods. The bridge is first covered by flood waters at a height of 10.7 metres, referring to the St George flood gauge.
The bridge is located adjacent to the natural river crossing point St George Bridge, which was named by Thomas Mitchell after being discovered on St George's Day in 1846.
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