Milperra Bridge is a

road bridge A bridge is a structure built to 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, which is usually somethi ...

that carries Newbridge Road across the Georges River, located between

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and , in

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, Australia. The bridge is located adjacent to Henry Lawson Drive and the

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; and Newbridge Road serves as a continuation of Canterbury and Milperra Roads.

History

Prior to the bridge being built, there was no crossing of the Georges River between Moorebank and Milperra, though the road to

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was built up to the east bank. The road over the Liverpool Weir and its later 1894 truss bridge went south east toward

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and

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. There was call for access between the two military settler camps,

Moorebank Moorebank is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Moorebank is located 27 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Liverpool. Moorebank features a ...

and

Milperra Milperra, a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is located 24 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is a part of the South Western Sydney region. ...

, to have access and a punt was proposed in the early 1920s. The early design by the Department of Main Roads (DMR) showed a height above water of only which was much decried by the locals, advising to the Dept that it be higher for the commercial and sporting interests of the area. The DMR replied with a proposal of . After long use, the old narrow bridge was not able to cope with the increase in traffic and was slated for replacement. The current concrete structure supersedes the earlier truss bridge built circa 1930
as a wider and higher crossing of the river.

References

{{Road infrastructure in Sydney Road bridges in New South Wales Bridges completed in 1965 1930 establishments in Australia Concrete bridges in Australia Bankstown, New South Wales Liverpool, New South Wales Georges River