Maribyrnong River Viaduct

West end of the bridge from below

The Maribyrnong River Viaduct (also known locally as the Quarter Mile Bridge) caries the Albion–Jacana railway line, Melbourne across the Maribyrnong River in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. It is located near the E.J. Whitten Bridge, and almost 400 metres long (hence the quarter mile name).

It was built in 1927–29 by the Victorian Railways Construction Branch, being the largest trestle bridge in Australia when completed in June, 1929.^[1] It is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register^[2] and employed 200 during construction, with one fatality. The main traffic over the bridge is freight services, but it also carries the Melbourne to Sydney CountryLink XPT. It is the second highest bridge in the state, only behind the West Gate Bridge (58 metres). At a height of 180 feet (54.86 m) above the water and 1257 feet (383.13 m) long,^[1] it is even higher than the Sydney Harbour Bridge (52 metres).

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Albion Viaduct on the Broadmeadows to Albion Line Payne, Bruce Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, May, 2003 p186
2. ^ "Rail Bridge (Albion Viaduct), Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H1197, Heritage Overlay HO107". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria. http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/vhd/heritagevic#detail_places;4910. 

• City of Moonee Valley Gap Heritage Study
• "The Railway Top 20!". History Victoria. www.historyvictoria.org.au. http://www.historyvictoria.org.au/pdf/questions.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-30. 
• "Maribyrnong River Viaduct (listing VICH1197)". Australia Heritage Places Inventory. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?VICH1197. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 

External links

• Images from the construction of the bridge, 1928

Coordinates: 37°44′53.0″S 144°50′43.8″E / 37.74806°S 144.8455°E / -37.74806; 144.8455