{{Use Australian English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox Bridge |bridge_name = Mary MacKillop Bridge |image = Diver Derrik and Mary McKillop bridges open in 2010.jpg |caption = Mary MacKillop Bridge with [[Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge]] in the background in February 2010 |official_name = |named_for = [[Mary MacKillop]] |carries = [[Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line]] |crosses = [[Port River]] |locale = [[Lefevre Peninsula]] |owner = [[Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure]] |preceded = |followed = [[Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge]] |design = [[Bascule bridge|Bascule]] |mainspan = |length = 770 metres |width = |height = |load = |clearance = |num_track = 1 |track_gauge = {{convert|1435|mm|in|abbr=on}}<br />{{convert|1600|mm|in|abbr=on}} |builder = [[Abigroup]] |open = 1 August 2008 |closed = |coordinates = {{coord|-34.838283|138.506806|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=title,inline|format=dms}}}}
The '''Mary MacKillop Bridge''' is a [[bascule bridge]] in [[Adelaide]], Australia that carries the [[Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line]] over the [[Port River]].
In July 2005, [[Abigroup]] was awarded a contract to build a railway bridge and the adjoining [[Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge]] to carry the [[Port River Expressway]] over the Port River.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051220071340/http://www.abigroup.com.au/docs/MediaReleaseComplexBridgeProjectinAdelaideJul05_2.pdf Complex bridge project in Adelaide awarded to Abigroup] Abigroup 12 July 2005</ref> The bridge was built as part of a project to divert the Dry Creek-Port Adelaide line away from the [[Rosewater railway station|Rosewater]] loop and bypass the [[Outer Harbor and Port Dock lines|suburban network]].<ref>Port River Bridge Opens ''[[Catch Point (periodical)|Catch Point]]'' issue 186 July 2008 pages 8-11</ref>
It was opened on 1 August 2008 by [[Premier of South Australia|Premier]] [[Mike Rann]].<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-08-01/official-opening-for-new-port-bridges/460074 Official opening for new Port bridges] ''[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]'' 1 August 2008</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150329081649/https://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/34665/New_CONNECTIONS.pdf Traffic flows faster after bridge opening] ''New Connections'' issue 2 October 2008 page 7 [[Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure]]</ref>
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{{Port Adelaide landmarks|state=collapsed}} {{Australian railway bridges|state=autocollapse}}
[[Category:Bascule bridges in Australia]] [[Category:Bridges completed in 2008]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Adelaide]] [[Category:Lefevre Peninsula]] [[Category:Railway bridges in South Australia]] [[Category:2008 establishments in Australia]]