Bernie Banton Bridge

Coordinates: 33°48′39″S 151°00′11″E / 33.81094°S 151.00303°E

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Bernie Banton Bridge

Coordinates	33°48′39″S 151°00′11″E / 33.81094°S 151.00303°E / -33.81094; 151.00303
Carries	Marsden Street Motor vehicles Pedestrians
Crosses	Parramatta River
Locale	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Named for	Bernie Banton
Maintained by	Parramatta City Council
Preceded by	Rings Bridge
Followed by	Lennox Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Girder bridge
Material	Concrete
No. of lanes	Two
History
Opened	1971 (1971)
Location

The Bernie Banton Bridge is a multi-span concrete girder bridge located in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. Built in 1971, the bridge carries two lanes of vehicular traffic with two pedestrian sidewalks. The bridge was built to replace the often flooded Marsden Street Weir and was originally called the Marsden Street Bridge. The bridge was renamed in 2006 in honour of the asbestos diseases campaigner, Bernie Banton.^[1]

Description

The Bernie Banton Bridge crosses the Parramatta River and is an important north and south transport link between Parramatta's CBD and North Parramatta. On the North Parramatta side of the river, the bridge provides access to residential areas as well as Western Sydney Stadium (now Commbank Stadium), Parramatta Leagues Club, Old King's Parade Ground, St Patrick's Cathedral and Our Lady of Mercy College. Meanwhile, on the south bank of the Parramatta River, the bridge provides access to Parramatta Park (including Old Government House), Parramatta Children's Court, the Family Court of Australia, Parramatta RSL Club as well as the offices of the Department of Home Affairs, Australian Taxation Office and Centrelink.

Downriver, the historic Lennox Bridge is visible from the Bernie Banton Bridge. Also visible is the Marsden Street Weir. The weir was used as a river crossing until the 1970s when the adjacent and better aligned Marsden Street bridge was constructed. As a weir and roadway it frequently closed in wet weather as the water overtopped the structure."^[2]

References

^ Waymarking.com. "Bernie Banton Bridge, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia – People-Named Places on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
^ Waymarking.com. "Marsden Street Weir, Parramatta NSW – Water Dams on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.

v t e Bridges in Greater Sydney, New South Wales
Road	Alfords Point Anzac Bennelong Bernie Banton Captain Cook De Burghs Endeavour Fig Tree Fullers Gladesville Iron Cove Lansdowne Lennox Long Gully Bridge Milperra Peats Ferry Bridge Roseville Ryde Silverwater Spit Sydney Harbour Tarban Creek Tom Uglys Tunks Creek Victoria Windsor Woronora
Railway	Como Hawkesbury River John Whitton
Pedestrian	Albert Cotter Boothtown Aqueduct Macquarie Culvert Meadowbank Pyrmont Yandhai
Closed	Glebe Island

v t e Geography of Parramatta River
Sources	Toongabbie Creek Darling Mills Creek
Tributaries: left	Vineyard Creek Subiaco Creek Archer Creek Smalls Creek Charity Creek Lane Cove River
Tributaries: right	Duck River Haslams Creek Powells Creek Iron Cove Creek Hawthorne Canal
Islands	Rodd Island Snapper Island Spectacle Island Cockatoo Island
Parramatta River ferry services	Parramatta Rydalmere Sydney Olympic Park Meadowbank Kissing Point Cabarita Abbotsford Chiswick Huntleys Point
River crossings	Rings Bridge Bernie Banton Bridge Lennox Bridge Barry Wilde Bridge Elizabeth Street Footbridge Macarthur Bridge Clyde-Carlingford railway bridge Thackeray Bridge (footbridge) Silverwater Bridge James Ruse Drive bridge John Whitton Bridge Meadowbank Railway Bridge Ryde Bridge Mortlake Ferry Gladesville Bridge
River inlets and bays	Homebush Bay Kissing Point Bay Morrisons Bay Kendall Bay Glades Bay France Bay Exile Bay Canada Bay Kings Bay Hen and Chicken Bay Looking Glass Bay Abbotsford Bay Wallumatta Bay Five Dock Bay Lukes Bay Drummoyne Bay Iron Cove
Suburbs: north	North Parramatta Rydalmere Ermington Melrose Park Meadowbank Putney Tennyson Point Gladesville Henley Huntleys Point Huntleys Cove Hunters Hill Woolwich Greenwich
Suburbs: south	Parramatta Camellia Silverwater Newington Wentworth Point Sydney Olympic Park Liberty Grove Rhodes Concord Mortlake Breakfast Point Cabarita Canada Bay Five Dock Wareemba Abbotsford Chiswick Drummoyne Russell Lea Rodd Point Haberfield Lilyfield Rozelle Birchgrove

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