Bay Bridge

Since 1956, Batemans Bay has had a lifting bridge across the Clyde River for the Princes Highway which follows the coast from Sydney to Melbourne. While lifting bridges were once common, particularly in NSW, this is the last such still operating, going up daily for the tourist boat, then again on its return. Needless to say, that causes quite a bit of traffic disruption, particularly in holiday periods.

Main roads on the NSW coast are being upgraded, I'd like to think for the benefit of the general community, but I feel it's largely to facilitate the movement of more and larger trucks. And our old bridge, being narrow, tends to limit their movements. So it has to go!

The bridge is being replaced with a large multi-laned concrete bridge which will be sufficiently high for the tourist boat to pass beneath. It will be built in a standardised style to other such bridges built recently on NSW main roads.

With that thought in mind, I've decided to make this album to record the "old" bridge and the replacement process.

Since 1956, Batemans Bay has had a lifting bridge across the Clyde River for the Princes Highway which follows the coast from Sydney to Melbourne. While lifting bridges were once common, particularly in NSW, this is the last such still operating, going up daily for the tourist boat, then again on its return. Needless to say, that causes quite a bit of traffic disruption, particularly in holiday …  (read more)

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