Saltwater River Rail Bridge

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The Saltwater River Rail Bridge, also known as the Kensington Railway Bridge, is a large wrought iron box girder truss railway bridge that carries the Bendigo line over the Maribyrnong River and the adjacent trail, located between West Melbourne and Footscray, in inner-western Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Completed in 1858 with a single span of 67 metres (220 ft), it was the longest span of any bridge in Victoria until 1889. Significantly repaired in 1814, a new two-span steel plate girder bridge opened in 1976, adjacent to and upstream of the original bridge, to carry the commuter rail Sunbury line; and another girder bridge completed adjacent to and downstream, was completed in 2012. The original bridge was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 24 October 1996 in recognition of its historic and scientific importance; and was included on a wider listing of the Mount Alexander - Murray Valley Railway Line on the now defunct Register of the National Estate on an unknown date.

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