9-922: The Maribyrnong River Viaduct (also known locally as the Quarter Mile Bridge ) carries the Albion–Jacana railway line across the Maribyrnong River in the western suburbs of Melbourne , Australia. It is located near the E J Whitten Bridge, and is almost 400 metres long (hence the Quarter Mile name). It was built in 1927–29 by the Victorian Railways Construction Branch, being the largest trestle bridge in Australia when completed in June, 1929. Until
18-608: A building or structure in Victoria (state) is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Albion%E2%80%93Jacana railway line The Albion–Jacana line is a railway line in the western suburbs of Melbourne , Australia. Linking Albion on the Sunbury line to Jacana on the Craigieburn line , it is primarily used by freight trains and has no overhead wires , passenger stations or platforms. The line
27-581: Is 58 metres high. The main traffic over the bridge is freight services, but it also carries two passenger services, the Melbourne to Sydney NSW TrainLink XPT , and the Melbourne-Albury V/Line service which now runs on standard gauge. An internal and external walkway spans the length of the bridge on both sides. This article about a bridge in Australia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
36-578: The Maribyrnong River and Moonee Ponds Creek valleys. The Maribyrnong River Viaduct is 54.5 metres (178.8 ft) above the riverbed at its highest point and is the second tallest bridge in Victoria after the West Gate Bridge . Today the track on the eastern side is standard gauge and part of the North East standard gauge line with two crossing loops . The parallel broad gauge also has two crossing loops, each located before rejoining
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54-571: The completion of the Sydney Harbour Bridge , the viaduct was also the highest railway bridge in Australia. It employed 200 people during its construction, with one fatality, and is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register . With a length of 383 m (1,257 ft), and a height of 55 m (180 ft) above the water level, it is the second-highest bridge in Victoria after the West Gate Bridge , which
63-1117: The main lines, and has a 20 km/h speed limit due to the poor track condition. V/Line Albury and NSW TrainLink XPT passenger services operate on the standard gauge line. Albury V Look for Albury V on one of Misplaced Pages's sister projects : [REDACTED] Wiktionary (dictionary) [REDACTED] Wikibooks (textbooks) [REDACTED] Wikiquote (quotations) [REDACTED] Wikisource (library) [REDACTED] Wikiversity (learning resources) [REDACTED] Commons (media) [REDACTED] Wikivoyage (travel guide) [REDACTED] Wikinews (news source) [REDACTED] Wikidata (linked database) [REDACTED] Wikispecies (species directory) Misplaced Pages does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Albury V in Misplaced Pages to check for alternative titles or spellings. You need to log in or create an account and be autoconfirmed to create new articles. Alternatively, you can use
72-725: The proposed rail link to Melbourne Airport running via Sunshine station to the Melbourne central business district . The extra land required to build the link was confirmed as being reserved by the Victoria State Government in 2002. In March 2013, the State Government confirmed that the Albion–Jacana corridor would be part of the proposed Melbourne Airport rail link . Built as a double track railway, two major steel viaducts were required to cross
81-485: Was opened on 1 July 1929 to allow freight trains to avoid the steeper grades and busy suburban traffic on the Broadmeadows line via Essendon . Initially consisting of two broad gauge tracks, in 1962 the track on the eastern side was converted to standard gauge as part of the Melbourne to Sydney gauge standardisation project . The Albion–Jacana railway line is a major section of the present preferred option for
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