Murray River Bridge,Paringa, South Australia - Vertical Lift Bridges on Waymarking.com

The Paringa Bridge was built in 1927 for the railway extension over the River Murray to Renmark.It originally carried a single-track railway and road traffic via cantilevered roadways on both sides of the central spans.The lifting span of the bridge is a 25m wide lift that is counter-balanced which can be raised 15m to allow houseboats and other craft to pass under
The bridge opens daily at 0930 and 1430

Visit Instructions:
1) After you've found a vertical lift bridge, go visit it, get the coordinates, a picture or two of it, and if it is in use or not still as a lift bridge.
Then log it and post your pictures! At least one of the photos must be of you and your GPS there with the bridge in the background. (No old vacation shots or photos off the internet!)
2) Include the coordinates, city/county/state/country and the name of the bridge (if it has one).
3) Include any interesting information about the structure

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log   09/19/2019 Snap Happy visited it