Tasman Bridge

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The Tasman Bridge is a major concrete bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, carrying the Tasman Highway across the Derwent River and known for its 1975 collapse after a ship collision.

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Label Occurrences
Tasman Bridge canonical 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge
concrete bridge
road bridge
carries Tasman Highway
causeOfAccident ship collision
cityServed Hobart
connects Eastern Shore suburbs of Hobart
Hobart
surface form: Hobart CBD
constructionStart 1960
continent Australia
country Australia
crosses Derwent River
Derwent River
surface form: River Derwent, Hobart
dateOfAccident 1975-01-05
designedFor motor vehicles
function road transport
hasBicycleAccess yes
hasCoordinateSystem WGS84
surface form: World Geodetic System 1984
hasPedestrianAccess yes
hasToll no
heritageStatus listed on Tasmanian Heritage Register
impactOfCollapse necessitated use of ferries as temporary transport
severed road link between Hobart and Eastern Shore
isMajorTransportLinkFor Greater Hobart region
surface form: Greater Hobart area
knownFor 1975 bridge collapse
collision with bulk carrier Lake Illawarra
locatedInWaterBody Derwent River estuary
location Australia
Hobart
Tasmania
maintainedBy Department of State Growth (Tasmania)
material reinforced concrete
numberOfLanes 4
opened 1964
owner Government of Tasmania
surface form: State Government of Tasmania
partOf Highway 1 (Australia)
surface form: National Highway 1 (via Tasman Highway)
region Southern Tasmania
reopened 1977
riverBank1 Hobart CBD side
riverBank2 Eastern Shore of Hobart
safetyImprovements navigation aids upgraded after 1975 accident
structural strengthening after reconstruction
significantEvent partial collapse in 1975
state Tasmania
structureType girder bridge
victims 12 deaths
yearOfAccident 1975

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Derwent River hasBridge Tasman Bridge
River Derwent crossedBy Tasman Bridge
subject surface form: River Derwent (Tasmania)
Selfs Point near Tasman Bridge