Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Bridge

Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Bridge
Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Bridge
Coordinates	32°40′09″S 152°10′06″E / 32.669202°S 152.168262°ECoordinates: 32°40′09″S 152°10′06″E / 32.669202°S 152.168262°E
Carries	Myall Street Motor vehicles; Pedestrians;
Crosses	Myall River
Locale	Mid-Coast Council, Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia
Begins	Tea Gardens
Ends	Hawks Nest
Other name(s)	Singing Bridge
Named for	Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest
Characteristics
Design	Box girder
Material	Prestressed and reinforced concrete
Total length	304.3 metres (998 ft)
Width	10.3 metres (34 ft)
Longest span	35.3 metres (116 ft)
No. of spans	9
Piers in water	8
Clearance below	10.6 metres (35 ft) (high water level)
History
Opened	6 April 1974
Location

The Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Bridge is a road bridge that carries Myall Street across the Myall River, connecting the two townships of Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest in the Mid-Coast Council local government area in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

The concrete box girder bridge is commonly known as the Singing Bridge, derived from the musical sounds its railings generate during strong winds acting as a wind harp.^[1]

History[]

About 1928, a ferry service started carrying passengers between the two townships across the Myall River. Later, cars were added, resulting in peak queues during holiday periods of up to six hours.^[1] The Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Bridge was completed and opened by the New South Wales Minister for Public Works on 6 April 1974.^[2]^: 8 In response to this demand a A$1.2 million bridge was placed immediately downstream, eliminating the ferry service.^[1]

Description[]

The bridge is of girder construction, made of both prestressed and reinforced concrete. It is 304.3 metres (998 ft) long, with seven 35.3-metre (116 ft) and two 28.3-metre (93 ft) spans. It carries a two-lane road 7.3 metres (24 ft) wide and two pedestrian walkways 1.5 metres (5 ft) wide.^[2]^: 33 Clearance is 10.6 m (34.8 ft) at high water.^[3]

The Jean Shaw Koala Reserve is located at its northeastern end, part of a wildlife corridor to the Myall Lakes. Koalas have been known to cross the bridge at night.^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Engel, Brian A.; Winn, Janis; Wark, John (March 2001). "Tea Gardens Walk". Brian A. Engel. p. 6. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Annual Report 1973-74" (PDF). NSW Department of Public Works. 1975. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
^ "Myall River Map" (PDF). New South Wales Maritime. Retrieved 15 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Hawks Nest and Tea Gardens Endangered Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Population" (PDF). Approved NSW Recovery Plan. NSW Department of Environment and Conservation. July 2003. p. 9. Retrieved 15 March 2009.

External links[]

Kelly, Matthew (10 August 2015). "Myall dredging campaign brings clarity". Newcastle Herald.
View of Tea Gardens from the bridge. Landcare NSW.

[walk-1] Engel, Brian A.; Winn, Janis; Wark, John (March 2001). "Tea Gardens Walk". Brian A. Engel. p. 6. Retrieved 15 March 2009.

[AR1975-2] "Annual Report 1973-74" (PDF). NSW Department of Public Works. 1975. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2009.

[3] "Myall River Map" (PDF). New South Wales Maritime. Retrieved 15 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "Hawks Nest and Tea Gardens Endangered Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Population" (PDF). Approved NSW Recovery Plan. NSW Department of Environment and Conservation. July 2003. p. 9. Retrieved 15 March 2009.

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v t Towns, suburbs and localities of Mid-Coast Council, in the Hunter & Mid North Coast Regions, New South Wales
Towns, suburbs and localities	Allworth Back Creek Barrington Black Head Blueys Beach Bobin Boomerang Beach Booral Bulahdelah Bungwahl Cabbage Tree Island Carrington Cedar Party Coolongolook Coopernook Cooplacurripa Copeland Cundletown Darawank Diamond Beach Dungog Elands Elizabeth Beach Failford Fernhill Forster Gloucester Hannam Vale Harrington Hawks Nest Johns River Karuah Killabakh Koorainghat Krambach Lansdowne Limeburners Creek Manning Point Mitchells Island Monkerai Mount George Nabiac Nooroo North Arm Cove Number One Old Bar Pacific Palms Purfleet Seal Rocks Smiths Lake Stratford Stroud Tahlee Taree Tea Gardens Tinonee Tuncurry Wallabi Point Wallis Island Wallis Lake Wingham
Rivers and other waterways	Avon River Barnard River Barrington River Bowman River Coolongolook River Cooplacurripa River Crawford River Curricabark River Gloucester River Karuah River Mammy Johnsons River Manning River Myall Lakes Myall River Smiths Lake Telegherry River The Branch River Wallamba River Wallingat River Wallis Lake Wards River
National parks	Barrington Tops National Park Booti Booti Ghin-Doo-Ee Myall Lakes Wallingat
Other places and points of interest	Broughton Island Cape Hawke Gloucester Tops Mitchells Island Port Stephens Singing Bridge Tahlee historic property Tops to Myall Heritage Trail

v t Road infrastructure in regional New South Wales
Motorways	Federal Highway Hume Highway Hunter Expressway Pacific Motorway (Brisbane–Brunswick Heads) Pacific Motorway (Sydney–Newcastle) Princes Motorway
Major highways	Barrier Highway Barton Highway Central Coast Highway Great Western Highway Illawarra Highway Mid-Western Highway Mitchell Highway New England Highway Newcastle Inner City Bypass Newcastle Link Road Newell Highway Olympic Highway Pacific Highway Princes Highway Sturt Highway
Minor highways	Appin Road Bells Line of Road Bruxner Highway Burley Griffin Way Castlereagh Highway Cobb Highway Fossickers Way Golden Highway Goldfields Way Gwydir Highway Kamilaroi Highway Kidman Way Kings Highway Lachlan Valley Way Memorial Drive (Wollongong) Monaro Highway Oxley Highway Picton Road Riverina Highway Silver City Highway Snowy Mountains Highway Summerland Way Waterfall Way
Other roads	Alpine Way Barry Way Bathurst-Ilford Road Big River Way Bucketts Way Bylong Valley Way Camden Valley Way Carnarvon Highway Escort Way Giinagay Way Goulburn-Oberon Road Henry Lawson Way Irrigation Way Jenolan Caves Road Macleay Valley Way Murray Valley Highway O'Connell Road Old Hume Highway Putty Road Remembrance Drive Solitary Islands Way Thunderbolts Way Wombeyan Caves Road Yass Valley Way
Road bridges (disused/former)	Abbotsford Beckers Bethanga Bland Creek Colemans Coonamit Cooreei Crankies Plain Dennis Dunmore The Entrance Gee Gee George Chaffey Glennies Goodradigbee Grafton Harwood Hampden (Kangaroo Valley) Hay Hexham Hinton Holt-Bragg Junction Karuah (Monkerai) Lennox (Glenbrook) MacDonald (St Albans) McFarlane McKanes Falls Macleay Valley Martin Mooney Mooney Morpeth Mulwala Mungindi Murray Barham Swan Hill Tocumwal Tooleybuc Nowra Rossi Sea Cliff Sheahan Stockton Taemas Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Tourle Street Towamba Vacy Victoria (Picton) Williams (Clarence Town) Wallaby Rocks Wollombi (Bulga) Yowaka (Greigs Flat) Denison Hampden (Wagga Wagga) Murrumbidgee (Carrathool) Old Cobram-Barooga Old Mildura Thornes
Vehicular ferries	Berowra Waters Lawrence Lower Portland Sackville Speewa Ulmarra Webbs Creek Wisemans Wymah
Tunnels	Cudgen St Helena Tugun Bypass

Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Bridge

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