Birkenhead Bridge
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Birkenhead_Bridge an entity of type: Thing
The Birkenhead Bridge is a bascule bridge in Adelaide, Australia that crosses the Port River. In February 1938, the Government of South Australia awarded a contract to Adelaide Construction to build a bridge across the Port River from Birkenhead to Port Adelaide, with Perry Engineering contracted to supply the steelwork. The bridge was opened on 14 December 1940 by Governor Malcolm Barclay-Harvey. It was one of only four bascule bridges in the world adapted for use by trolleybuses. The bridge is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.
rdf:langString
rdf:langString
Birkenhead Bridge
rdf:langString
Birkenhead Bridge
xsd:float
-34.84230041503906
xsd:float
138.5009307861328
xsd:integer
63578974
xsd:integer
1085132175
rdf:langString
Birkenhead Bridge
rdf:langString
Adelaide Construction
rdf:langString
Birkenhead Bridge in February 2010
rdf:langString
Nelson Street
<metre>
5.4
<metre>
246.0
xsd:date
1940-12-14
<metre>
16.0
xsd:string
-34.8423 138.50093
rdf:langString
The Birkenhead Bridge is a bascule bridge in Adelaide, Australia that crosses the Port River. In February 1938, the Government of South Australia awarded a contract to Adelaide Construction to build a bridge across the Port River from Birkenhead to Port Adelaide, with Perry Engineering contracted to supply the steelwork. The bridge was opened on 14 December 1940 by Governor Malcolm Barclay-Harvey. It was one of only four bascule bridges in the world adapted for use by trolleybuses. In 2014, two of the four road lanes were converted into pedestrian and bike paths. In 2020, the timber road deck has been replaced with fibre reinforced polymer and the timber footpath with aluminium. The bridge is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.
xsd:integer
2
4
<kilometre>
0.246
xsd:nonNegativeInteger
3509
xsd:string
Nelson Street
xsd:double
246.0
xsd:date
1940-12-14
xsd:gYear
1940
xsd:double
16.0
<Geometry>
POINT(138.50093078613 -34.842300415039)