The West Gate Bridge is a steel, box girder, cable-stayed bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, spanning the Yarra River just north of its mouth into Port Phillip.

2020年10月10日 · Melbourne's West Gate Bridge collapsed 50 years ago, leaving 35 men dead and more than a dozen injured in what is Australia's worst construction accident.

Two years into construction of the bridge, at 11.50 am on 15 October 1970, the 112m (367.5 ft) span between piers 10 and 11 collapsed and fell 50m (164 ft) to the ground and water below....

2024年12月31日 · All citybound lanes have been re-opened on the West Gate Bridge ahead of schedule. Crews worked around-the-clock to replace the waterproof membrane on parts of the citybound lanes, ensuring the bridge remains in excellent condition and provides safe travel over the Yarra River for all.

Building a road link across the Yarra River in Melbourne had long been recognised as an infrastructure project of enormous importance for the future development of the city. Lacking the funds to finance a new bridge, the Victorian State government worked with a private consortium to build the West Gate.

On the 15th of October each year, we gather to remember Australia’s worst construction industry accident, its 35 men killed and its 18 survivors, the families, and friends that it all affected and all the brave workers who risked everything to recover the dead and injured.

2020年10月14日 · Fifty years ago, on 15 October, 1970, at 11.50am, 2000 tonnes of concrete and steel on the West Gate Bridge site buckled and crashed to the ground; 35 men died. It remains Australia’s worst construction disaster. A visibly shaken Victorian premier, Henry Bolte, announced a royal commission.

The West Gate Bridge is a bridge across the Yarra River, near Melbourne, Victoria in Australia. It is the third longest bridge in Australia. [1] The bridge's length, including the approaches is 2,582.6 m (8,473 ft). [1] Work began on the bridge on 22 April 1968. It was opened on 15 November 1978 at a cost of AU$202 million. [1]

The West Gate Bridge carries over 205,000 vehicles per day, providing a vital connection between Melbourne’s west and the CBD. First open to traffic in 1978, the bridge spans 2.5 kilometres across the Yarra River with five lanes running in each direction.

From the Guardian: “On 15 October 1970, the under-construction West Gate Bridge, connecting Melbourne’s affluent eastern suburbs with its working-class west, collapsed. Thirty-five people died. It was Australia’s worst construction disaster.