John Whitton Bridge

John Whitton Bridge
John Whitton Bridge
	John Whitton Bridge, looking south in September 2007
Coordinates	33°49′S 151°05′E / 33.82°S 151.09°E
Carries	Main Northern railway line
Crosses	Parramatta River
Locale	Meadowbank, New South Wales, Australia
Begins	Meadowbank (north)
Ends	Rhodes (south)
Named for	John Whitton
Owner	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Maintained by	Transport for NSW
Followed by	Meadowbank Bridge (former rail bridge)
Characteristics
Design	Box girder
Material	Steel
Pier construction	Concrete
No. of spans	5
Piers in water	4
Rail characteristics
No. of tracks	4
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
History
Construction start	1952
Construction end	1980
Opened	May 1980
Replaces	Meadowbank Bridge (former rail bridge)
Location

The John Whitton Bridge is a railway bridge that carries the Main Northern railway line across the Parramatta River, located between the Sydney suburbs of Rhodes and Meadowbank.

First bridge

The original double track Meadowbank Bridge opened on 17 September 1886 as part of the construction of the Main Northern railway line. It was a lattice truss bridge designed by John Whitton, the Chief Engineer of the New South Wales Government Railways.^[1] In 2000, the original bridge was refurbished and reopened for bike and pedestrian use.^[2]

Second bridge

As part of plans to quadruple the Main North line, construction commenced on a new bridge to the west of the existing structure. The concrete piers were completed in 1952, before the project was cancelled. Work resumed in the 1970s, with a two-track box girder bridge opening in May 1980. The piers were extended to allow for a further two tracks to be built in the future.^[1] The new bridge was named after John Whitton.

References

^ ^a ^b "Meadowbank (Parramatta River) Underbridge". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage.
^ "Walkway Plan for Meadowbank Bridge". Railway Digest: 9. March 1997.

External links

Media related to John Whitton Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
Flickr gallery

[NSWEnvironment&Heritage-1] "Meadowbank (Parramatta River) Underbridge". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage.

[2] "Walkway Plan for Meadowbank Bridge". Railway Digest: 9. March 1997.

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v t e Bridges in Greater Sydney, New South Wales
Road	Alfords Point Anzac Bennelong Bernie Banton Captain Cook De Burghs Endeavour Fig Tree Fullers Gladesville Iron Cove Lansdowne Lennox Long Gully Bridge Milperra Peats Ferry Bridge Roseville Ryde Silverwater Spit Sydney Harbour Tarban Creek Tom Uglys Tunks Creek Victoria Windsor Woronora
Railway	Como Hawkesbury River John Whitton
Pedestrian	Albert Cotter Boothtown Aqueduct Macquarie Culvert Meadowbank Pyrmont Yandhai
Closed	Glebe Island

v t e Geography of Parramatta River
Sources	Toongabbie Creek Darling Mills Creek
Tributaries: left	Vineyard Creek Subiaco Creek Archer Creek Smalls Creek Charity Creek Lane Cove River
Tributaries: right	Duck River Haslams Creek Powells Creek Iron Cove Creek Hawthorne Canal
Islands	Rodd Island Snapper Island Spectacle Island Cockatoo Island
Parramatta River ferry services	Parramatta Rydalmere Sydney Olympic Park Meadowbank Kissing Point Cabarita Abbotsford Chiswick Huntleys Point
River crossings	Rings Bridge Bernie Banton Bridge Lennox Bridge Barry Wilde Bridge Elizabeth Street Footbridge Macarthur Bridge Clyde-Carlingford railway bridge Thackeray Bridge (footbridge) Silverwater Bridge James Ruse Drive bridge John Whitton Bridge Meadowbank Railway Bridge Ryde Bridge Mortlake Ferry Gladesville Bridge
River inlets and bays	Homebush Bay Kissing Point Bay Morrisons Bay Kendall Bay Glades Bay France Bay Exile Bay Canada Bay Kings Bay Hen and Chicken Bay Looking Glass Bay Abbotsford Bay Wallumatta Bay Five Dock Bay Lukes Bay Drummoyne Bay Iron Cove
Suburbs: north	North Parramatta Rydalmere Ermington Melrose Park Meadowbank Putney Tennyson Point Gladesville Henley Huntleys Point Huntleys Cove Hunters Hill Woolwich Greenwich
Suburbs: south	Parramatta Camellia Silverwater Newington Wentworth Point Sydney Olympic Park Liberty Grove Rhodes Concord Mortlake Breakfast Point Cabarita Canada Bay Five Dock Wareemba Abbotsford Chiswick Drummoyne Russell Lea Rodd Point Haberfield Lilyfield Rozelle Birchgrove

v t e Railway bridges in Australia
New South Wales former	Albury–Wodonga Bargo Belmore Beverly Hills Bowenfels Burwood Canterbury Como Cougal Spiral Cowra Dubbo Dunmore Emu Plains Glebe and Wentworth Park Goulburn Grafton Gundagai Hawkesbury River John Whitton Kempsey Lismore Lithgow Coal Stage Signal Box Lithgow Underbridge Lewisham Marrangaroo Menangle Moss Vale Narrandera Orange Penrith Picton Queanbeyan Redfern Rydal Sandgate Flyover Springwood Stanwell Park Strathfield Sydney Harbour Tahmoor Tamworth Taree Tocumwal Wagga Wagga Wallerawang Wambool Woolbrook Bathurst Bredbo Colinton Como Dundee Emu Plains Gulgong Knapsack Viaduct Lithgow Zig Zag Manilla Old Como Railway Square Sunnyside Ultimo Yarraford Yass
Northern Territory	Elizabeth River
Queensland	Albert Alexandra Angellala Bremer River Burdekin Burdekin River Deep Creek Dickabram Etheridge Harlin Humphery Ideraway Creek Imbil Indooroopilly Lockyer Maroochy River Merivale Murphys Creek Quart Pot Creek Sadliers Crossing Saltwater Creek Splitters Creek Steep Rocky Creek Swansons Woolooga
South Australia former	Goodwood Overpass Mary MacKillop Algebuckina
Tasmania	Bridgewater Longford
Victoria former	Albion Viaduct Cowies Creek (No. 1) Cremorne Hawthorn Heyington Malmsbury Viaduct Melton Viaduct Saltwater River Taradale Viaduct Tocumwal Fairfield Sandridge
Western Australia former	Fremantle Goongoongup Mount Henry Narrows Bunbury

First bridge

Second bridge

See also

References

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