Jim Stynes Bridge

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Coordinates: 37°49′22.7″S 144°56′53″E / 37.822972°S 144.94806°E / -37.822972; 144.94806
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Jim Stynes Bridge
Coordinates37°49′22.7″S 144°56′53″E / 37.822972°S 144.94806°E / -37.822972; 144.94806
CarriesPedestrians, Bicycles
CrossesYarra River
LocaleMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Maintained byVicRoads
Characteristics
DesignSuspension bridge
MaterialSteel
Total length120 metres (390 ft)
History
ArchitectCox Architecture
Constructed byFitzgerald Constructions Australia
Opened18 June 2014
Location
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The Jim Stynes Bridge is a pedestrian bridge over the Yarra River at Docklands precinct in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The new bridge provides a vital link for pedestrians, cyclists and commuters between the Melbourne central business district, and the key precincts of Docklands and Northbank. Designed as a horizontal suspension bridge, it arcs out 30 metres over the river and creates the illusion it is hovering unsupported above it, passing under the Charles Grimes Bridge.[1]

The bridge was named after Jim Stynes, a prominent Ireland-born player of Australian rules football who died in 2012.[2] Two bronze plaques outlining Stynes' achievements are installed at each end of the bridge.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Masanauskas, John; Toy, Mitchell (20 December 2012). "Works begin on city bridge to honour Jim Stynes in Northbank precinct". Herald Sun.
  2. ^ "New Jim Stynes Bridge by Cox Architects merges engineering, design and landscape". Architecture & Design. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Jim Stynes Bridge officially opens in Melbourne". Alex Malcolm. AFL. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2015.


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