The Hawkesbury River railway bridge is a heritage-listed railway bridge in New South Wales, Australia that carries the Main North railway line across the Hawkesbury River. The bridge crosses between Brooklyn on the northern outskirts of …

Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge location map. The first railway crossing completed in 1889 by the Union Bridge Co., USA was the largest bridge project in colonial Australia and used American pin-jointed trusses on the deepest piers in the world.

The Hawkesbury River railway bridge is a heritage-listed railway bridge in New South Wales, Australia that carries the Main North railway line across the Hawkesbury River. Hawkesbury River railway bridge is situated 3 km east of Hawkesbury River Bridge.

The bridge crosses the Hawkesbury River just west of the remnant piers and abutments of the original bridge, approximately 1 km north of the Hawkesbury River Station. The spans of the old bridge were removed by floating them off each pier on …

Sunk to a maximum depth of 162 feet below high water, they were the deepest bridge foundations of their time in the world. Commenced in April 1887 and completed 2 years later, a workforce of 800 men housed in a tent village on Dangar Island was needed to complete the task.

The great natural barrier of the Hawkesbury River between Sydney and Newcastle delayed completion of the rail link between the two cities and it was not until early in 1885 that tenders were called for the design and construction of a railway …

May 8, 2015 · Hawkesbury River Railway Bridges. The first railway bridge constructed here between 1886 -1889 by the Union Bridge Company (USA) was the largest bridge project in colonial Australia. The bridge had pinpointed trusses on the world`s deepest piers.

The first Hawkesbury River railway bridge was constructed by the Union Bridge Company of Brooklyn, New York and opened with the first train crossing in May 1889. The bridge enabled trains for the first time to travel some 2,880 kilometres from Australia's top to bottom albeit with two breaks of gauge on the Victorian and Queensland borders.

The Hawkesbury River railway bridge carries the Main Northern railway line across the Hawkesbury River, connecting just north of the town of Brooklyn, on the northern outskirts of Sydney with Cogra Bay, New South Wales.

The completion of the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge marked a significant milestone in the history of Australia's railway system. Connecting the Sydney to Newcastle Railway, this bridge was not merely an engineering achievement; it symbolized the unification of the railway networks across Australia.