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The Mooney Mooney Bridge, officially the Mooney Mooney Creek Bridge, and popularly known as The NSW Big Dipper Bridge, is a twin cantilever bridge that carries the Pacific Motorway (M1) across Mooney Mooney Creek, located near Mooney Mooney in the Brisbane Water National Park on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia.
Mooney Mooney Bridge: 220 720: 485 1,591: Box girder Prestressed concrete 134+220+130 Twin bridges: Pacific Motorway Mooney Mooney Creek. 1986: Mooney Mooney Creek
The Brooklyn Bridge is a local nickname for the Hawkesbury River Road Bridge, a concrete girder bridge that carries the Pacific Motorway (M1) across the Hawkesbury River between Kangaroo Point and Mooney Mooney Point, located 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.
The 1889 Hawkesbury River Bridge in particular was a major technical achievement at the time: it was the fourth largest bridge constructed in the world, one of its caissons reached 49m, had the deepest bridge footing in the world and it was the longest bridge in Australia, pushing bridge design and construction techniques to the limit.
The Mooney Mooney Creek, a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features [ edit ]
Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) Camden Haven River: 192: 119: Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) Port Macquarie-Hastings: Kew: 194: 121: Nancy Bird Walton Drive [west] Northbound exit only; Freeway grade-separated conditions continue: 195: 121: Ocean Drive [east/west] – Laurieton, North Haven, Bonny Hills, Kendall
A toll was levied on crossing the bridge, payable at the Mooney Mooney Point end of the bridge. [9] The bridge was superseded as the main crossing of the Hawkesbury River at this point by the opening of the adjacent six-lane motorway bridge as part of the fourth stage of the Pacific Motorway in 1973. It continues in service carrying the Pacific ...
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