Blair Street Bridge

Blair Street Bridge
Coordinates42°46′44.68″S 147°3′24.03″E / 42.7790778°S 147.0566750°E / -42.7790778; 147.0566750
Carries Lyell Highway
CrossesRiver Derwent
LocaleNew Norfolk
Other name(s)New Norfolk Bridge
Maintained byDepartment of State Growth
Followed byBridgewater Bridge
Characteristics
DesignConcrete and steel girder bridge
Total length200 metres (650 ft)
Width12 metres (41 ft)
Height4.6 metres (15 ft)
Longest span35 metres (116 ft)
No. of spans6
Piers in water5
Clearance below4.6 metres (15 ft)
No. of lanes2
History
Construction start1971
Opened1974
ReplacesBridge Street Bridge (c.1930-1974)
Location

The Blair Street Bridge is a concrete and steel girder bridge carrying the Lyell Highway through the township of New Norfolk across the River Derwent in Tasmania, Australia. Serving as a vital transportation link in the township's infrastructure, the bridge features a single carriageway with separated shared-use pathways on both sides. Completed in 1974, it is the fourth bridge to be constructed at New Norfolk, with the development aimed at withstanding valley floods before the establishment of the Meadowbank weirs.