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Red Bridge (Tasmania)

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Crosses
  
Design
  
Opened
  
July 1838

Location
  
Architect
  
Heritage status
  
Registered

Longest span
  
7.6 metres (25 ft)

Body of water
  
Elizabeth River

Bridge type
  
Arch bridge

Materials
  
Brick, Rock

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Carries
  
Motor vehicles and Pedestrians

Similar
  
Ross Bridge, Mcgees Bridge, Jordan River Bridge, Bowen Bridge, Heritage Highway Museum

The Red Bridge in Tasmania crosses the Elizabeth River at Campbell Town. Built in 1838 using penal labour, it is the oldest surviving brick arch bridge in Australia, as well as the oldest bridge anywhere on the National Highway. The bridge contains three arch spans of 7.6 m (25 ft) each and holds two lanes of traffic as well as pedestrian walkways. It lies on the Midland Highway, roughly halfway between Hobart and Launceston, carrying over two million vehicles per year.

It is said to have been designed by James Blackburn, architect to Melbourne and a convict himself. It was constructed of 1,250,000 handmade bricks on dry land, and after its completion the river was diverted to flow under the bridge.

The Red Bridge is registered on the Register of the National Estate since 1978.

References

Red Bridge (Tasmania) Wikipedia


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