The Goodwood Overpass carries the

Glenelg tram line The Glenelg tram line is a tram/light rail line in Adelaide. Apart from a short street-running section in Glenelg, the line has its own reservation, with minimal interference from road traffic. The service is free in the city centre and al ...

over the Adelaide-Wolseley railway line in

Adelaide Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to ei ...

, Australia.

History

When originally built, the

crossed over the Adelaide-Wolseley railway line via a

flat junction A level junction (or in the United Kingdom a flat crossing) is a railway junction that has a track configuration in which merging or crossing railroad lines provide track connections with each other that require trains to cross over in front of ...

to the south of

Goodwood railway station Goodwood railway station is a commuter railway station and the junction station for the Belair, Seaford and Flinders lines. The Belair line diverges south-east towards Millswood, while the Seaford and Flinders lines diverge south-west towa ...

. As part of a project by the

Municipal Tramways Trust The Municipal Tramways Trust (MTT) was established by the Government of South Australia in December 1906 to purchase all of the horse-drawn tramways in Adelaide, South Australia. The Trust subsequently also ran petrol and diesel buses and elect ...

to rebuild the tram line, an overpass was built in 1929. In 1978/79, the wooden deck was replaced with concrete.Goodwood Overpass ''The Recorder'' February 1979 page 75 Although the overpass crosses over Goodwood railway station, there are no interchange facilities.

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{{Australian railway bridges, state=autocollapse Bridges completed in 1929 Buildings and structures in Adelaide Railway bridges in South Australia 1929 establishments in Australia