{{Use Australian English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox Bridge |bridge_name = Tourle Street Bridge |image = |caption = |carries = Tourle Street |crosses = [[Hunter River (New South Wales)|Hunter River]] |locale = [[Kooragang]], [[New South Wales]] |owner = [[Transport for NSW]] |preceded = |followed = |design = |mainspan = |length = |width = |height = |load = |clearance = |lanes = 4 |builder = |fabricator = |open = 6 May 2009<br />June 2018 (duplicated) |closed = |coordinates = }}
The '''Tourle Street Bridge''' is a pair of [[road bridge]]s that carry Tourle Street across the [[Hunter River (New South Wales)|Hunter River]] from [[Mayfield West]] to [[Kooragang]] in the [[Hunter Region]] of [[New South Wales]], Australia.
The original [[steel]] [[truss bridge]] opened on 20 February 1965.<ref>New Hunter River Bridge ''[[Main Roads (periodical)|Main Roads]]'' March 1965 page 65</ref> On 6 May 2009 a two-lane replacement [[concrete bridge]] opened immediately to the east overcoming restrictions on vehicle height with the original demolished.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210115235538/https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/495712/44-million-tourle-street-bridge-to-open-at-mayfield/ $44 million Tourle Street bridge to open at Mayfield] ''[[Newcastle Herald]]'' 6 May 2009</ref><ref>[https://decc.com.au/featured_project/6-tourle-street-bridge/ Tourle Street Bridge] DECC</ref><ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-06-25/tourle-st-bridge-to-be-demolished/1331940 Tourle St Bridge to be demolished] ''[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]'' 25 June 2009</ref>
In June 2018, a nearly identical northbound bridge opened on the site of the 1965 bridge with the 2009 built bridge becoming one way southbound.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210116001129/https://mcilwain.com/projects/tourle-street-duplication/ Tourle Street Duplication] McIlwain</ref><ref>[https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2018/06/22/traffic-flowing-smoothly-on-new-tourle-st-bridge/ Traffic flowing smoothly on new Tourle St Bridge] ''[[NBN Television#News and Current Affairs|NBN News]]'' 22 June 2018</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210116001905/https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/about/news-events/news/ministerial/2018/180622-tourle-street-duplication-at-kooragang-almost-complete.html Tourle Street duplication at Kooragang almost complete] [[Roads & Maritime Services]] 22 June 2018</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210116001844/https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/projects/kooragang-tourle-st-cormorant-rd/index.html Kooragang - duplication of Tourle Street and Cormorant Road] Roads & Maritime Services</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{City of Newcastle suburbs}} {{Road infrastructure in regional New South Wales|state=collapsed}}
{{coord missing|New South Wales}}
[[Category:Bridges completed in 2009]] [[Category:Concrete bridges in Australia]] [[Category:Hunter River (New South Wales)]] [[Category:Road bridges in New South Wales]] [[Category:2009 establishments in Australia]]