Stirling Bridge carries the

Stirling Highway Stirling Highway is, for most of its length, a four-lane single carriageway and major arterial road between Perth, Western Australia and the port city of Fremantle in Western Australia on the northern side of the Swan River (Western Australia) ...

over the Swan River, linking the suburbs of North Fremantle and

East Fremantle East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that eas ...

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

, Western Australia.

History

Stirling Bridge is a seven span twin post-tensioned segmental spine concrete bridge, with an overall length of . Built by Clough and Son, it was officially opened by

Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of govern ...

Charles Court Sir Charles Walter Michael Court (29 September 1911 – 22 December 2007) was an Australian politician who was the premier of Western Australia from 8 April 1974 to 25 January 1982. A member of the Western Australian Liberal Party, Liberal Par ...

on 17 May 1974.

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{{Road infrastructure in Perth, state=collapsed Bridges completed in 1974 Buildings and structures in Fremantle Road bridges in Perth, Western Australia Stirling Highway 1974 establishments in Australia Bridges over the Swan River Recipients of Engineers Australia engineering heritage markers