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Jim Stynes Bridge

Jim Stynes Bridge
Coordinates 37°49′22.7″S 144°56′53″E / 37.822972°S 144.94806°E / -37.822972; 144.94806Coordinates: 37°49′22.7″S 144°56′53″E / 37.822972°S 144.94806°E / -37.822972; 144.94806
Carries Pedestrians, Bicycles
Crosses Yarra River
Locale Melbourne, Victoria,  Australia
Maintained by VicRoads
Characteristics
Design Suspension bridge
Material Steel
Total length 120 metres (390 ft)
History
Architect Cox Architects
Opened 18 June 2014

The Jim Stynes Bridge is a pedestrian bridge over the Yarra River at Docklands precinct in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The new bridge provides a vital link for pedestrians, cyclists and commuters between Melbourne’s CBD, and the key precincts of Docklands and Northbank. Designed as a horizontal suspension bridge, it arcs out 30 metres over the river and creates the illusion it is hovering unsupported above it, passing under the Charles Grimes Bridge.

The bridge was named after Jim Stynes a prominent Ireland-born player of Australian football who died in 2012. Two bronze plaques outlining Stynes' achievements are installed at each end of the bridge.



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