Building Details - Architects of South Australia

Building NameAlbert Bridge
Client NameSouth Australian Public Works Department
TypePublic
Style
Street No.
Street NameFrome Road
SuburbAdelaide
StateSA
CountryAustralia
Year Designed1878
Year Completed1879
ExtantY
Other ConsultantsH.E Worsley, Engineer; M.C. Davies and J Wishart, builders; J.H. Langdon, City Surveyor
Heritage ListingState Heritage Register, Register of the National Estate
Linkshttps://dmzapp17p.ris.environment.gov.au/ahpi/action/search/heritage-search/record/RNE6371; http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=1687
Comments

The Bridge consists of three-span scalloped iron girders, cast iron cylindrical piers (which were equipped with bottom-cutting shoes and carried 4.5m down into the river gravels by excavation carried out by a diver), elegant cast iron handrails and stone abutments. The Bridge is 36.6m long.

Architect NameGrainger, John Harry

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