Re: [SA] Renmark

[mauried@tpg.com.au (Maurie Daly)]

On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 23:53:46 +1100, Chris Brownbill
<cbrnbill@enternet.com.au> wrote:

>Maurie Daly wrote:
>> 
>> On Sun, 10 Dec 2000 23:28:11 GMT, John Dennis <jdennis@acslink.net.au>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> >In article <3A337F38.3184@ozemail.com.au>,
>> >  Doug <dougea@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Remark had a railway oddity. A combined road/rail bridge across the
>> >> Murray River. The bridge is still used for road traffic and the
>> >> railway leadup to the bridge is now a cycleway.
>> >
>> >An oddity maybe, but certainly not unique.  Without any reference
>> >material at hand, I would suggest that there were combined rail/road
>> >bridges at Renmark, Echuca and Tocumwal (probably Robinvale too -
>> >can't remember).  There are rail-only bridges at Murray Bridge,
>> >Yarrawonga and Albury/Wodonga, so the score (on Murray River bridges) is
>> >about even.
>> >
>> >JD
>> >--
>> >John Dennis
>> >Home of the Dutton Bay Tramway
>> >http://members.optushome.com.au/duttonbay
>> >
>> The Renmark bridge was unique,in the sense that although it was a road
>> / rail bridge ,the rail line in the middle of the bridge was not part
>> of the road , ie motorists couldnt drive along the railway tracks as
>> they can on most of the other rail road bridges..
>> Essentially the road was divided into two parts a left hand lane and a
>> right hand lane with the rail track in the middle of the two road
>> lanes with fencing between them .
>> The rail line crossed the road lane at each end of the bridge where
>> there were flashing lights.
>> In theory it would have been possible for cars to be on the bridge
>> whilst a train was going over it.
>> Pretty sure there were none others like it.
>> 
>> MD
>
>Sounds like the bridge over the Parramatta River delta between Wynyard and
>Milsons Point on the east coast of NSW.


I presume you mean the Sydney Harbour Bridge ,which doesnt have a road
on either side of the railway line .
Its on one side only.

MD