Carries Motor vehicles Height 52 m Total length 1,024 m Bridge type Arch bridge | Opened 1 November 1971 | |
Owner Government of New South Wales Similar Stockton Beach, Glenrock Lagoon, Hunter Wetlands Centre A, Fort Scratchley, Christ Church Cathedral | ||
The Stockton Bridge carries Nelson Bay Road (B63) across the Hunter River between Kooragang and Stockton in Australia.
Prior to the construction of the bridge, the Department of Main Roads operated a car ferry service. Construction of a bridge commenced in 1968 with it being officially opened by Premier Robert Askin on 1 November 1971. At 1,024 m (3,360 ft), at the time of its opening, it was the second longest bridge in New South Wales after the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Stockton bridge
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