West Gate Freeway

Local nameWest Gate Freeway
LocationMelbourne, Australia

The West Gate Bridge is a steel box girder cable-stayed bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, spanning the Yarra River just north of its mouth into Port Phillip. It is a vital link between the inner city and Melbourne's western suburbs, with the industrial suburbs in the west, and with the city of Geelong 80 kilometres to the south-west. It is part of one of the busiest road corridors in Australia.

The main river span is 336 metres in length, and the height above the water is 58 metres. The total length of the bridge is 2,582.6 metres. It is the fifth-longest in Australia, the longest being Melbourne's Bolte Bridge at 5 kilometres. The West Gate Bridge is twice as long as the Sydney Harbour Bridge and is one of the highest road decks in Australia, clearing the water at 58 metres, with the Sydney Harbour Bridge clearing the water at 49 metres.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Gate_Bridge

Address 196 Lorimer Street, Melbourne 3207, Australia

Coordinates -37°49'48.875" N 144°54'1.641" E

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