Seafarers Bridge

Seafarers Bridge
Night View of the Seafarers Bridge
Coordinates	37°49′25″S 144°57′07″E
Carries	Pedestrians, Bicycles
Crosses	Yarra River
Locale	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Maintained by	City of Melbourne
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Material	Steel
Longest span	75 metres (246 ft)
History
Architect	Grimshaw Partners
Engineering design by	Brown Consulting
Constructed by	Fitzgerald Constructions Australia
Construction end	January 2009
Location

The Seafarers Bridge is a footbridge over the Yarra River between Docklands and South Wharf in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The bridge connects the north and south banks of the river while providing a formal entrance to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The bridge main span is supported by steel ties connected to elliptical arches, with three arches on the north side and four arches on the south side.

The bridge was named in homage to the ‘Mission to Seafarers’ centre located nearby on the northern bank of the Yarra River and to represent Melbourne's rich maritime history.

See also

• Crossings of the Yarra River

External links

Media related to Seafarers Bridge at Wikimedia Commons

• Seafarers Bridge at Grimshaw website Archived 21 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Seafarers Bridge at Brown Consulting website
• Seafarers Bridge at City of Melbourne website