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Road bridge in Tasmania, Australia

For other uses, see [Bridgewater Bridge (disambiguation)](/source/Bridgewater_Bridge_(disambiguation)).

Bridgewater Bridge The Bridgewater Bridge Coordinates 42°44′42″S 147°13′33″E / 42.74500°S 147.22583°E / -42.74500; 147.22583 Carries Midland Highway Crosses River Derwent Locale Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Begins Granton Ends Bridgewater Named for Bridgewater Owner Department of State Growth Preceded by Blair Street Bridge Followed by Bowen Bridge Characteristics Design box girder Material Concrete Total length 1.2 km (0.7 mi) Clearance below 16 m (52.5 ft)[1] No. of lanes 4 History Constructed by McConnell Dowell Construction start October 2022[2] Opened 1 June 2025 Replaces Truss bridge with vertical lift (1946-2025) Location Interactive map of Bridgewater Bridge

The **Bridgewater Bridge** is a 1.2-kilometre-long (0.7 mi) concrete [box girder](/source/Box_girder) bridge that carries the [Midland Highway](/source/Midland_Highway%2C_Tasmania) across the [River Derwent](/source/River_Derwent%2C_Tasmania) in [Hobart](/source/Hobart), [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania), Australia. This bridge connects the Hobart suburbs of [Bridgewater](/source/Bridgewater%2C_Tasmania) and [Granton](/source/Granton%2C_Tasmania). It accommodates a four-lane [highway](/source/Highway) and a [grade-separated](/source/Grade-separated) [footpath](/source/Footpath) and [cycle lane](/source/Bike_lane). It is the fifth such bridge at this location to carry this name.[3][4]

The bridge was funded by the [Australian](/source/Australian_Government) and [Tasmanian Governments](/source/Tasmanian_Government) at a cost of $786 million[4] and constructed by [McConnell Dowell](/source/McConnell_Dowell).[5] it is expected to service 22,000 trips per day.[6] It is the first bridge at the location to have a marine navigation clearance of greater than 16 metres - consistent with the [Bowen Bridge](/source/Bowen_Bridge).[1]

It was opened in June 2025 to replace the fourth Bridgewater Bridge (**Bridgewater Bridge and Causeway**), a steel [truss](/source/Truss_bridge) [vertical-lift bridge](/source/Vertical-lift_bridge) and specially-built [causeway](/source/Causeway). This was a two-lane road bridge that also carried the [South Railway Line](/source/South_Line%2C_Tasmania) until its closure in 2014. This bridge had been in operation since 1946, and was the oldest surviving lift span bridge in Australia; lifting of the bridge caused considerable traffic delays in the bridge's final years.[7]

## Previous structures

The Bridgewater Bridge was among the first bridges constructed in [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania) after British settlement in 1803, and gave its name to the nearby suburb of [Bridgewater.](/source/Bridgewater%2C_Tasmania) [Lieutenant-Governor](/source/Lieutenant-Governor) [George Arthur](/source/Sir_George_Arthur%2C_1st_Baronet) commissioned the construction of the bridge and causeway to connect the [Launceston](/source/Launceston%2C_Tasmania) – Hobart Trunk Road, linking both Tasmanian towns and providing easier access to farmlands in the [interior of Tasmania](/source/Midlands%2C_Tasmania).

### The causeway

Construction commenced on the bridge in 1829. Operations were supervised by [Roderic O'Connor](/source/Roderic_O'Connor_(land_commissioner)).[8] The causeway, which was constructed first, was built by a workforce of 200 [convicts](/source/Convict) who had been sentenced to secondary punishment. These convicts, using nothing but wheelbarrows, shovels and picks and muscle power, shifted 2 million tonnes (2.2 million short tons) of soil, stones and clay. The finished causeway stretched 1.3 kilometres (1 mi), although did not span the full width of the Derwent. The original plan apparently called for a [viaduct](/source/Viaduct), but this plan was abandoned and the half-built arches were filled in to form the present causeway.

### Early bridges

Upon completion of the causeway, a [punt](/source/Punt_(boat)) operated across the deep, navigable section of the river, but could not cope with traffic demands. To resolve this issue, an Act of Parliament was passed in 1846 to enable construction of a bridge.[9] The accepted design was a timber bridge, was by the firm of architect and former convict [James Blackburn](/source/James_Blackburn_(architect)).[10] Being a [sliding bridge](/source/Retractable_bridge), it could slide back to allow shipping to pass through. Construction started in 1848, and opened to traffic in April 1849.[11]

In the early 1870s, the [Tasmanian Main Line Railway](/source/South_Line%2C_Tasmania) called for widening of the causeway so the railway could be laid on the downstream side. A second bridge was built alongside the first, parallel to it. The northern abutment was about 50 feet downstream from the road bridge. This bridge featured a [swing](/source/Swing_bridge) span opening.[12][11] Construction commenced in 1869 and it was completed 1874.[11]

On 22 July 1886, a train from the north was passing over the bridge when the engine left the tracks and tipped over, hanging precariously above the water on the edge of the southern end of the swing bridge.[13] Two people, fireman William Shaw[14] and passenger Daniel Turner, died as a result of the accident.[15][16] The driver was injured. The locomotive was salvageable. The cause of the accident was found to be that the rails failed to match properly when the bridge was closed, so the bridge was modified again to solve this problem.

In 1891 a new bridge was built on the upstream side of the road and rail bridges, and this too, had an opening swing span. Although initially planned as a road crossing, this bridge was designed to be a permanent railway bridge, and was built as a straight line extension of the causeway, with the northern abutment being some 60 metres upstream from the other bridges. When this third bridge was completed in 1893, it was initially used as road bridge, to divert traffic off the 1849 road bridge which was deteriorating rapidly. For six years there were three bridges crossing the Derwent simultaneously, as it was not until 1899 that the 1849 draw-back bridge (the first bridge) was finally dismantled. The introduction of heavier locomotives necessitated the transfer of the railway to the 1893 bridge. In 1907-08 the causeway was widened again, this time on the upstream side, and the tracks laid flush in the centre of the roadway on the 1893 bridge. This would be Bridgewater's modern joint road-rail bridge going forward, but would not be without problems. Road users complained of delays from waiting for trains to cross and the frequent opening of the swing span for river craft lead to near misses and irked local residents. A public meeting was held and the State Government was pressured to make the old 1874 TMLR railway bridge available for road traffic. New piles were added to the 1874 rail bridge, the rails lifted, and the deck converted to a roadway. By November 1908 both bridges had swapped roles: the 1893 road bridge became a railway bridge (as always intended), and the old 1874 railway bridge had now become a road bridge (as never intended). The concrete and steel caisson pivot and the sandstone abutments of the 1893 road/railway bridge are still standing and can be viewed on the upstream or left side of the present bridge as one travels towards the north.[17]

Both the first and second bridges did not run straight off the end of the causeway; rather, they turned slightly to the right, or downstream. The first swing bridge (originally the TMLR rail bridge) was left standing when the present lifting bridge was being constructed to prevent traffic stoppages, so the present bridge deviates from the causeway quite appreciably.

### Fourth bridge

Bridgewater Bridge Fourth Bridgewater Bridge (1946-2025) Coordinates 42°44′27″S 147°13′31″E / 42.7408°S 147.2253°E / -42.7408; 147.2253 Carries Midland Highway South Railway Line Crosses River Derwent Locale Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Begins Granton Ends Bridgewater Named for Bridgewater Owner Department of State Growth Characteristics Design Truss bridge with vertical lift Material Steel Piers in water 13 No. of lanes 2 Rail characteristics No. of tracks 1 Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) History Construction start 1939 Opened 1946 Closed 2025 Replaces Swing punt (c. 1900s-1946) Replaced by Four-lane concrete box girder

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The Bridgewater Bridge (facing north). The rail line runs on the left (west side) of the causeway and bridge.

The Bridgewater Bridge, Tasmania, from the northern access near the town of Bridgewater (facing south).

Construction on the steel vertical lift bridge across the Derwent began in 1939.[18] Construction was interrupted by [World War II](/source/World_War_II);[19] the bridge opened to road traffic in March 1942,[20] with completion of the lifting segment finally completed in early 1946.[21] The bridge opened to rail traffic in late 1946.[22] It consists of a long concrete bridge that leads off the end of the causeway, and a steel lifting section just before the northern bank of the river. The lifting section is one of only a few remaining in the [Southern Hemisphere](/source/Southern_Hemisphere), and is the largest of its kind remaining in Australia. The bridge was designed to last a century without replacement. A small control house stands on the lifting section. Inside are the switches and locks which operate the bridge.

Until 1984, the [Australian Newsprint Mills](/source/Norske_Skog) at [Boyer](/source/Boyer%2C_Tasmania) moved all its produce by river. [Barges](/source/Barge) were used to transport paper from the mill to the storage sheds at Pavilion Point at Hobart, and for this reason the bridge was required to open very frequently. Consequently, a bridge-keeper lived on-site and opened and closed the bridge when required. However, when the decision was made to cease river transportation, an on-site keeper was no longer necessary, so bridge openings became less frequent.

In response to vandalism of the house which contains the bridge operating controls, [closed-circuit television](/source/Closed-circuit_television) cameras were installed along the lifting span sometime between 2003 and 2005.

On 30 October 2006 a fault was found in one of the steel cables holding up the two 170-tonne (190-short-ton) concrete counterweights above the road, forcing the temporary closure of the bridge.[23] This closure caused peak hour traffic delays, mainly along the [East Derwent Highway](/source/East_Derwent_Highway), due to traffic being diverted over the [Bowen](/source/Bowen_Bridge) and [Tasman](/source/Tasman_Bridge) bridges. The cables, which were put in place in 1994, were supposed to have a 20-year lifespan and had lasted barely over half that time.

From 2006 until 2010, the lifting segment of the Bridgewater Bridge was out of commission, due to failed maintenance. The State Government spent $14 million to refurbish the bridge and provide it with a further 15 years of life, until a replacement could be built.[24] This refurbishment replaced the vandalised control house and its controls and all of the cabling to raise and lower the bridge. Touted as a "major tourist attraction" with expected regular openings for tourist and private vessels to travel between Hobart and [New Norfolk](/source/New_Norfolk%2C_Tasmania), the bridge refurbishment was a failure, only successfully opening a handful of times.[7]

Rail services ceased using the bridge when the South Line was cut back to terminate at the [Brighton Transport Hub](/source/Brighton_Transport_Hub) in June 2014.[25][26] The bridge received an Engineering Heritage Marker from [Engineers Australia](/source/Engineers_Australia) in 2018 as part of its [Engineering Heritage Recognition Program](/source/Engineers_Australia#Engineering_Heritage_Recognition_Program).[27]

Following the opening of the new Bridgewater Bridge, the old bridge started to be demolished in October 2025 and is expected to conclude in mid-2026. Upon completion on-water vessels will be able to travel upstream of Bridgewater towards the [Derwent Valley](/source/Derwent_Valley%2C_Tasmania).[28]

## Fifth bridge

Further information: [Southern Transport Investment Program](/source/Southern_Transport_Investment_Program)

New Bridgewater Bridge in final stages of construction

Between 2001 and 2005, the [Australian Government](/source/Government_of_Australia) set aside $100 million towards the replacement of the Bridgewater Bridge,[29] soon after the [Tasmanian Government](/source/Government_of_Tasmania) decided to build the replacement to the south of the existing bridge. However, after years of inaction the State government has encountered some [heritage](/source/Industrial_heritage) issues with replacing the bridge and is to be replaced as part of the final stage of the [Brighton Bypass](/source/Brighton_Bypass) and Midland Highway upgrade.

Towards the end of 2010, the State government released plans for a new River Derwent crossing, next to the existing bridge.[30] The new bridge would carry the Midland Highway and the old bridge will be left open for rail, pedestrian and local traffic. While the Bridgewater Bridge is recognised as being limited in its ability to perform the function of the Midland Highway, it also has important heritage values and is recognised as a landmark in the area.[31][32]

In March 2016, Infrastructure Tasmania published its review of a design and cost estimate for the construction of a replacement structure for the existing Bridgewater Bridge, which considered various options for a replacement structure and provided advice as to the most feasible crossing solution. As part of the [2018–19 federal budget](/source/2018_Australian_federal_budget), the Australian Government announced a $461 million grant towards the construction of a new Bridgewater Bridge, representing 80 per cent of the expected total construction cost. The Tasmanian Government is expected to contribute $115 million.[33] Construction was expected to commence in 2019;[34] however, following independent assessment of the project by [Infrastructure Australia](/source/Infrastructure_Australia) in July 2019, the evaluation identified a range of issues, which may add to costs and require further work to address, and recommended that the Tasmanian Government revise its business case. The project was scheduled to start design and approvals in 2019, with the design to be agreed by the end of 2020. Substantive construction was expected to commence in 2022 and completion was targeted in 2024.[35]

The project scope also included re-configuration of the interchanges at Granton and Bridgewater to provide [grade-separated](/source/Grade_separation) access.[5]

The bridge officially opened to traffic on the evening of 1 June 2025, following a community walk over the bridge earlier that day.[36] The first vehicle to cross the bridge was a vintage 1910 [Star](/source/Star_Motor_Company) Roadster, carrying two women, Margaret McMaster and Barbara Jones, who were present at the previous bridge's opening in 1946.[6]

The bridge includes two fixed [speed cameras](/source/Traffic_enforcement_camera)[3] and two electronic [variable-message signs](/source/Variable-message_signs).[37]

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## External links

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- [State Library of Tasmania Images](https://web.archive.org/web/20090707105411/http://images.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/Search/Search.asp?Keywords=Bridgewater+Bridge&x=13&y=9), historic pictures of the Bridgewater Bridge and Causeway

- [RailTasmania](http://www.railtasmania.com/photogal/showimage.php?id=143), modern picture of the Bridgewater Bridge and Causeway

Bridges of the River Derwent Upstream Blair Street Bridge Bridgewater Bridge Downstream Bowen Bridge

v t e Railway bridges in Australia New South Wales former Albury-Wodonga Bargo Belmore Beverly Hills Bowenfels Burwood Canterbury Como Cougal Spiral Cowra Dubbo Dunmore Emu Plains Glebe and Wentworth Park Goulburn Grafton Gundagai Hawkesbury River John Whitton Kempsey Lismore Lithgow Coal Stage Signal Box Lithgow Underbridge Lewisham Marrangaroo Meadowbank Menangle Moss Vale Narrandera Orange Penrith Picton Queanbeyan Redfern Rydal Sandgate Flyover Springwood Stanwell Park Strathfield Sydney Harbour Tahmoor Tamworth Taree Tocumwal Wagga Wagga Wallerawang Wambool Woolbrook Bathurst Bredbo Colinton Como Dundee Gulgong Knapsack Viaduct Lithgow Zig Zag Manilla Old Como Railway Square Sunnyside Ultimo Yarraford Yass Northern Territory Elizabeth River Queensland Albert Alexandra Angellala Bremer River Burdekin Burdekin River Deep Creek Dickabram Etheridge Harlin Humphery Ideraway Creek Imbil Indooroopilly Lockyer Maroochy River Merivale Murphys Creek Quart Pot Creek Sadliers Crossing Saltwater Creek Splitters Creek Steep Rocky Creek Swansons Woolooga South Australia former Goodwood Overpass Mary MacKillop Algebuckina Tasmania former Longford Bridgewater Victoria former Albion Viaduct Cowies Creek (No. 1) Cremorne Hawthorn Malmsbury Viaduct Melton Viaduct Saltwater River Taradale Viaduct Tocumwal Fairfield Sandridge Western Australia former Fremantle Goongoongup Guildford Mount Henry Narrows Bunbury

v t e Hobart landmarks Buildings and structures 5–7 Sandy Bay Road Cadbury's Chocolate Factory Calvary Hospital Cascade Brewery Canopus Hill Observatory Davey Street Congregational Church General Post Office Hobart Cenotaph Holy Trinity Church Hope and Anchor Tavern Hotel Grand Chancellor Hydro-Electric Commission Building Icon Complex Iron Pot Lighthouse Incat Ingle Hall Kelly's Steps Hobart Mosque Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory NAB House Nyrstar Hobart The Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel Hobart Private Hospital Princes Wharf Queen Alexandra Hospital Railway Roundabout Royal Hobart Hospital Taroona Shot Tower St David's Cathedral St John's Anglican Church St Mary's Cathedral Hobart Synagogue Trafalgar Building Institutions Anglesea Barracks Australian Antarctic Division College of Arts, Law and Education Derwent Barracks Government House The Hedberg Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies Menzies Institute for Medical Research Parliament House Parliament Square State Library Supreme Court Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music Town Hall Entertainment Avalon Theatre City Hall Federation Concert Hall MyState Bank Arena Odeon Theatre Royal Hobart Showground State Cinema Theatre Royal Wrest Point Hotel Casino Galleries and museums Campbell Street Gaol Cascades Female Factory Grote Reber Museum Lady Franklin Gallery Maritime Museum Tasmania Mawson's Huts Replica Museum Moonah Arts Centre Museum of Old & New Art Salamanca Arts Centre Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery Tasmanian Transport Museum Sports Baskerville Raceway Bellerive Yacht Club Clarence Aquatic Centre Derwent Sailing Squadron Domain Athletic Centre Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre Elwick Racecourse Empire Couriers Park MyState Bank Arena Macquarie Point Stadium Hobart International Tennis Centre KGV Oval KGV Park Kingborough Sports Centre Ninja Stadium North Hobart Oval Queenborough Oval Hobart Real Tennis Club Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania Tasmanian Hockey Centre TCA Ground Wentworth Park Transport Hobart Airport Bowen Bridge Bridgewater Bridge Brooke Street Pier Cambridge Aerodrome Constitution Dock Hobart Bus Mall Jordan River Bridge McGees Bridge Sorell Causeway Tasman Bridge Victoria Dock Nature and parks Alum Cliffs Ancanthe Park Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary Botanical Gardens East Risdon Nature Reserve Flagstaff Hill Franklin Square Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park Gunners Quoin Hobart Rivulet Hobart Zoo and Aquarium Kunanyi / Mount Wellington Moorilla Estate Mount Direction Mount Nelson Queens Domain St David's Park Precincts Cat and Fiddle Arcade Eastlands Shopping Centre Channel Court Elizabeth Street Mall Macquarie Point Northgate Shopping Centre Salamanca Sullivans Cove Beaches and islands Bellerive Beach Betsey Island Blackmans Bay Beach Bruny Island Clifton Beach Frederick Henry Bay Hinsby Beach Howrah Beach Iron Pot Kingston Beach Lords Beach Long Beach Nutgrove Beach Taroona Beach

v t e Road infrastructure in Greater Hobart Highways Brooker Highway Channel Highway (Kingston Bypass) Domain Highway East Derwent Highway Huon Highway Lyell Highway Midland Highway (Brighton Bypass) South Arm Highway Southern Outlet Tasman Highway Major roads Algona Road Davey Street Goodwood Road Macquarie Street Rosny Hill Road Sandy Bay Road Bridges Bowen Bridge Blair Street Bridge Bridgewater Bridge Jordan River Bridge McGees Bridge Sorell Causeway Tasman Bridge Interchanges Kingston Interchange Lindisfarne Interchange Proposals Bagdad Bypass Eastern Ring Road Hobart Area Transportation Study Hobart Bypass Rokeby Bypass Southern Transport Investment Program Department of State Growth Highways in Hobart Transport in Hobart

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