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Swanport Bridge

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road transport corridor. Both the Southeastern Freeway to the west of the bridge and the Princes Highway to its east are two lanes each way with a wide median and speed limit of 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph). The bridge itself is only one lane each way with no median strip and has a speed
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The bridge itself is one kilometre (one mile) in length with two lanes, one for each direction of traffic, and no separating median. It is constructed from
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continuing to the east, and as such is an integral part of the
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limit of 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph) since 2015.
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Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure
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Coordinates
35°08′51″S 139°18′32″E / 35.14737°S 139.30886°E / -35.14737; 139.30886
Highway 1
B-double
Murray River
Murray Bridge, South Australia
Named for
Swanport
Government of South Australia
DPTI
Tailem Bend
Jervois
Prestressed concrete
road bridge
Highway 1
Murray River
Murray Bridge
South Australia
Geoff Virgo
Tailem Bend
prestressed concrete
South Eastern Freeway
Princes Highway
Adelaide
Melbourne
"Crossing the Murray"
State Library of South Australia
Among Ourselves
"Pedestrian notice on Swanport Bridge"

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