The Bolte Bridge is a large twin cantileverroad bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Bolte Bridge carries a total of eight lanes of traffic – four lanes northbound and four lanes southbound. While officially only 490 metres in length, the actual structure appears much longer as it forms part of a 5 kilometre elevated roadway between Flemington Road and the West Gate Freeway. It spans the Yarra River and Victoria Harbour in the Docklands precinct to the west of the Melbourne CBD. It forms part of the CityLink system of toll roads that connects the Tullamarine Freeway from the northern suburbs with the West Gate Freeway and the Domain and Burnley tunnels to the Monash Freeway and the south eastern suburbs.[1] It is named after Victoria's 38th and longest-serving Premier, Sir Henry Bolte.
The bridge was designed by architects Denton Corker Marshall and was built for head contractor Transurban by Baulderstone Hornibrook, construction taking three years from 1996 to 1999 and costing $75 million. It was named by Jeff Kennett, for former Premier of Victoria, Sir Henry Bolte because of its linking the West Gate, Monash and Tullamarine Freeways—projects commissioned or completed by the Bolte Government.
It is the largest balanced cantilever cast in situ box girder bridge in Australia. The superstructure is built as two independent bridges of variable depth, prestressed concrete box girders, separated by a 1.15 m clear gap between the structures.
The bridge features two 140 metre [2] high silver (grey concrete) towers, situated on either side of the roadway at the midpoint of the bridge's span. These two towers are an aesthetic addition by the architects, and are not joined to the main body of the bridge.[2] These towers are hollow, and feature access ladders to a small roof top hatch. Until locked and surrounded by water, these towers were a popular target for urban explorers.[citation needed] It has two main spans of 173 metres, two side spans of 72 metres with approach viaducts 430m to the south 4080 metres to the north. The bridge supports eight lanes of automobile traffic. Access is prohibited to cyclists and pedestrians.
bolte, bridge, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, july, 2008, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Bolte Bridge news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Bolte Bridge is a large twin cantilever road bridge in Melbourne Victoria Australia The Bolte Bridge carries a total of eight lanes of traffic four lanes northbound and four lanes southbound While officially only 490 metres in length the actual structure appears much longer as it forms part of a 5 kilometre elevated roadway between Flemington Road and the West Gate Freeway It spans the Yarra River and Victoria Harbour in the Docklands precinct to the west of the Melbourne CBD It forms part of the CityLink system of toll roads that connects the Tullamarine Freeway from the northern suburbs with the West Gate Freeway and the Domain and Burnley tunnels to the Monash Freeway and the south eastern suburbs 1 It is named after Victoria s 38th and longest serving Premier Sir Henry Bolte Bolte BridgeThe Bolte Bridge from the Melbourne DocklandsCoordinates37 49 10 12 S 144 55 55 65 E 37 8194778 S 144 9321250 E 37 8194778 144 9321250Carries8 lanes 4 inbound 4 outbound CrossesYarra RiverLocaleMelbourne AustraliaMaintained byTransurbanCharacteristicsDesignCantilever box girder bridgeTotal length5000 metresWidth15 35 metresLongest span173 metresClearance belowApprox 25 metresHistoryOpened16 August 1999 24 years ago 1999 08 16 StatisticsDaily trafficApprox 50 000TollA 3 42 one way Location Contents 1 Construction 2 Gallery 3 References 4 External linksConstruction editThe bridge was designed by architects Denton Corker Marshall and was built for head contractor Transurban by Baulderstone Hornibrook construction taking three years from 1996 to 1999 and costing 75 million It was named by Jeff Kennett for former Premier of Victoria Sir Henry Bolte because of its linking the West Gate Monash and Tullamarine Freeways projects commissioned or completed by the Bolte Government It is the largest balanced cantilever cast in situ box girder bridge in Australia The superstructure is built as two independent bridges of variable depth prestressed concrete box girders separated by a 1 15 m clear gap between the structures The bridge features two 140 metre 2 high silver grey concrete towers situated on either side of the roadway at the midpoint of the bridge s span These two towers are an aesthetic addition by the architects and are not joined to the main body of the bridge 2 These towers are hollow and feature access ladders to a small roof top hatch Until locked and surrounded by water these towers were a popular target for urban explorers citation needed It has two main spans of 173 metres two side spans of 72 metres with approach viaducts 430m to the south 4080 metres to the north The bridge supports eight lanes of automobile traffic Access is prohibited to cyclists and pedestrians Other bridges in Australia of similar construction are the Gateway Bridge Brisbane and Mooney Mooney Bridge near Gosford north of Sydney Gallery edit nbsp Aerial panorama of the Docklands facing the Bolte Bridge nbsp Bolte Bridge looking back to the Melbourne CBD nbsp The Bolte Bridge at night with Etihad Stadium and Melbourne CBD in the background nbsp Bolte Bridge taken from the Docklands nbsp Bolte Bridge from the base of the bridge nbsp Bolte Bridge at dusk nbsp View of the bridge from the bank of the Yarra River nbsp Bolte Bridge seen from Docklands MelbourneReferences edit Bolte Bridge History Named After Towers amp Map Melbourne Melbourne Point Holiday Point 12 May 2015 Retrieved 22 September 2016 a b Denton Corker Marshall Bolte Bridge Archived from the original on 4 March 2017 Retrieved 21 May 2016 External links editBolte Bridge at Structurae Bolte Bridge and innovative design Denton Corker Marshall Profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bolte Bridge amp oldid 1183383706, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
