Goongoongup Bridge is a

railway bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whic ...

East Perth, Western Australia East Perth is an inner suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located next to the Perth central business district. Claise Brook and Claisebrook Cove are within the suburb. Formerly characterised by industrial land uses and urban blight, the rede ...

which crosses the Swan River and forms part of the

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. It opened on 24 July 1995 as part of the electrification of Perth's suburban railway network."New Perth Bridge Opens" ''

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'' September 1995 page 16 The name is derived from the

Nyungar The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian peoples who live in the south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the so ...

word for the Claisebrook area. Goongoongup Bridge replaced the 1932 built timber Bunbury Bridge which was demolished in 1996. It had replaced the original 1893 structure that was damaged by floods. The double-track concrete bridge is long and is supported by eight piers. A dual-use pedestrian/cycle pathway is beneath the main deck. A six-lane road bridge

Windan Bridge The Windan Bridge is a six-lane road bridge in East Perth, Western Australia which crosses the Swan River and forms part of the Graham Farmer Freeway. Opened in 2000, it sits next to the Goongoongup railway bridge which was built in 1995. A ...

opened in 2000 and is situated parallel and upstream from Goongoongup Bridge.

Repairs

In 2002, movement of soil on the eastern end of the bridge was detected. Displacement of on the

abutment An abutment is the substructure at the ends of a bridge span or dam supporting its superstructure. Single-span bridges have abutments at each end which provide vertical and lateral support for the span, as well as acting as retaining walls ...

s was measured and engineering reports predicted the displacement would be by the end of the century and that the abutment piles would yield in 10 to 20 years. Repair work by the Public Transport Authority commenced in August 2011 and was completed in early 2013.

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Armadale and Thornlie lines Bridges completed in 1995 Burswood, Western Australia East Perth, Western Australia Railway bridges in Perth, Western Australia South Western Railway, Western Australia Swan River (Western Australia) {{Australia-bridge-struct-stub