Morphett Street Bridge, Adelaide
The story of the Morphett Street Bridge and the Victoria Bridge are intrinsically linked.
The original Victoria Bridge was built to align with Morphett Street. However, with the rail lines between the bridge and Morphett Street the bridge users needed to cross the railway tracks. A level crossing was provided in 1860. However, the public were unhappy, and the Overway Bridge was constructed in 1868. It was demolished twelve years later and the level crossing reinstated.
In 1884 a lattice girder bridge was constructed across the railway tracks, the bridge linking Morphett Street and the Victoria Bridge.
In 1964 the City of Adelaide replaced both the Morphett Street Bridge and the Victoria Bridge.
The new bridge is part of a single road alignment from Montefiore Hill to Light Square. The new bridge has twice to traffic width of the original.
