The Goodwood Overpass carries the

Glenelg tram line The Glenelg tram line is a tram/ light rail line in Adelaide. Apart from a short street-running section in Glenelg, the line has its own reservation, with minimal interference from road traffic. The service is free in the city centre and a ...

over the Adelaide-Wolseley railway line in

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

, Australia.

History

When originally built, the

crossed over the Adelaide-Wolseley railway line via a

flat junction A level junction (or in the United Kingdom a flat crossing) is a railway junction that has a track configuration in which merging or crossing railroad lines provide track connections with each other that require trains to cross over in front of ...

to the south of

Goodwood railway station Goodwood railway station is the junction station for the Belair, Seaford and Flinders lines. The Belair line diverges south-east towards Millswood, while the Seaford and Flinders lines diverge south-west towards Clarence Park. The Glenelg ...

. As part of a project by the

Municipal Tramways Trust The Municipal Tramways Trust (MTT) was established by the Government of South Australia in December 1906 to purchase all of the horse-drawn tramways in Adelaide, Australia. The Trust subsequently also ran petrol and diesel buses and electric tr ...

to rebuild the tram line, an overpass was built in 1929. In 1978/79, the wooden deck was replaced with concrete.Goodwood Overpass ''The Recorder'' February 1979 page 75 Although the overpass crosses over Goodwood railway station, there are no interchange facilities.

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{{Australian railway bridges, state=autocollapse Bridges completed in 1929 Buildings and structures in Adelaide Railway bridges in South Australia 1929 establishments in Australia