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Stockton Bridge

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Carries
  
Motor vehicles

Named for
  
suburb of Stockton

Height
  
52 m

Total length
  
1,024 m

Bridge type
  
Arch bridge

Crosses
  
Hunter River

Maintained by
  
Newcastle City Council

Opened
  
1 November 1971

Location
  
Kooragang

Body of water
  
Hunter River

Locale
  
Kooragang - Stockton, New South Wales

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


References

Stockton Bridge Wikipedia