Victoria Bridge, Adelaide, SA
The current Victoria Bridge is the second on this site crossing the River Torrens.
The original bridge opened in 1870 and was a rivet wrought iron superstructure with a pier in the middle of the river. It was lower and near horizontal.
In 1964 the City of Adelaide decided to replace the Victoria Bridge and the adjacent bridge over the railway lines with twin bridges, the current Victoria Bridge and the Morphett Street Bridge, opened in 1969.
The new bridge is part of a single road alignment from Montefiore Hill to Light Square. It is a single span over the river to improve the alignment of the rowing course. The new bridge has twice to traffic width of the original. The bridge is was constructed as two parallel bridges constructed one after the other so that the crossing could be kept open.
Each of the two bridges is constructed from 24 precast concrete box units with hollow back spans filled with concrete. The structure is founded on precast concrete piles up to 20 metres long.
