The Cremorne Railway Bridge is a girder railway bridge that carries the Melbourne railway network across the Yarra River and connects the Richmond and South Yarra stations in the inner-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Completed in 1946, the Frankston, Pakenham, Cranbourne, and Sandringham railway lines all use the bridge.
History Former bridges The first bridge on the site was an imposing wrought iron lattice double-track girder bridge, built by the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company and opened on 22 December 1860. In 1886, the bridge was duplicated as a second double-track bridge was opened alongside the first, thereby allowing a four-track section of line to be provided between Richmond and South Yarra.
The cost of the bridges, together with the cost of the Hawthorn Railway Bridge, were contributing factors that eventually led to the financial demise of the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company.
Current bridge The present bridge was opened in 1946. It accommodated three pairs of tracks between Richmond and South Yarra, although the two extra tracks were not constructed until 1960.
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Crossings of the Yarra River
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