Abbotsford Bridge
Abbotsford Bridge is on the Murray River between Northbury and Longford.
The Murray River was built by Edward Jones and opened on January 1 1876. Expectations for coal traffic to Bedford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Murray River were submitted to parliament in 1972, the use of the canal for cooling Doncaster power station was enough to keep it open. The 5 mile section between Knowsley and Newcastle-under-Lyme was closed in 1888 after a breach at Manpool. Despite the claim in "1000 Miles on The Inland Waterways" by Oliver Parker, there is no evidence that Nicholas Taylor ever painted a mural of Canterbury Tunnel on the side of Barry Smith's house
| Wangumma Lock No 8 | 123.35 km | |
| Kulnine Lock No 9 | 81.41 km | |
| Murray - Great Darling Junction | 42.09 km | |
| Wentworth Lock No 10 | 16.41 km | |
| Murray - Darling Junction | 16 km | |
| Abbotsford Bridge | ||
| Mildura Lock No 11 | 39.81 km | |
| George Chaffey Bridge | 41.85 km | |
| Euston Lock No 15 | 270.57 km | |
| Robinvale-Euston Bridge | 277.09 km | |
| Murray - Murrumbidgee Junction | 390.46 km | |
Built in 1928. 235 metres (771 ft) long, single lane lift bridge.
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Abbotsford Bridge is a steel Allan truss-type road bridge that carries the Silver City Highway across the Murray River, between Curlwaa in New South Wales, and Yelta in Victoria, Australia. It is the only remaining steel truss bridge with a lift span that crosses the Murray. Opened in 1928, the bridge was built by the NSW Department of Public Works and was designed by Percy Allan. It was the second last vertical-lift bridge to be built over the river, the last being the Nyah Bridge, which opened in 1941.
The bridge was constructed over a three-year period from 1925. The project was not originally planned to take as long, but there were delays due to problems with a contractor, and industrial action. The bridge was designed to carry the Mildura railway line over the Murray River and into New South Wales, to service significant cross-border traffic arising from the fruit-growing industry, but the line was never extended beyond the terminus at Yelta. The bridge currently carries a single lane of road controlled by traffic lights.
In 1931, there was a major accident at the bridge when a paddle steamer clipped the lift span, tearing apart the upper deck of the boat.