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Dennis Bridge
The Dennis Bridge is a steel truss bridge, truss road bridge that carries Hastings River Drive across the Hastings River, near Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. The bridge carried the Pacific Highway, Australia, Pacific Highway from December 1961 until November 2017, when it was replaced by the (new) Hastings River Bridge, a concrete bridge, concrete road bridge. The Dennis Bridge is managed by the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council. History The Dennis Bridge was opened in December 1961 as part of a project to replace the Blackmans Point ferry across the Hastings River and to bypass Port Macquarie. As well as the Dennis Bridge, this project included a deviation of the Pacific Highway, Australia, Pacific Highway and a connecting road from the old to the new highway route, Hastings River Drive.New Bridge over Hastings River ''Main Roads (periodical), Main Roads'' March 1962 page 80 The bridge was named after Department of Main Roads (New South Wales), Department of Main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hastings River
Hastings River ( Birpai: ''Doongang''), an open and trained intermediate wave dominated barrier estuary, is located in the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Hastings River rises in the Great Dividing Range, southwest of Kemps Pinnacle, in the area surrounding Oxley Wild Rivers National Park and Werrikimbe National Park and flows generally south, southeast and east, joined by seven tributaries including the Tobins, Forbes, Ellenborough, Pappinbarra and Thone rivers, before reaching its mouth, flowing into the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean, at Port Macquarie. The river descends over its course. The course of the river flows adjacent to the settlements Ellenborough, Long Flat, Beechwood, Wauchope and Port Macquarie. The Oxley Highway is generally aligned with the middle and lower reaches of the river. West of Port Macquarie, the Pacific Highway crosses the Hastings River. History The Hastings R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
