The Lewis Bandt Bridge is an Australian feature bridge over the Moorabool River, close to the southern end of Stage 2 of the Geelong Ring Road. Section 2 from the Midland Highway to the Hamilton Highway at Fyansford, (along with Section 1), was officially opened on Sunday, 14 December 2008. Two days of torrential rain beforehand threatened to disrupt the opening, however it went ahead as planned after a cessation of the storm. The opening carried was out by Victorian Premier

John Brumby John Mansfield Brumby (born 21 April 1953) is the current Chancellor of La Trobe University and former Victorian Labor Party politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010. He became leader of the Victorian Labor Party and premier a ...

, who announced the naming of the bridge as the ''Lewis Bandt Bridge'', in honour of the

Ford Australia Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited (known by its trading name Ford Australia) is the Australian subsidiary of United States-based automaker Ford Motor Company. It was founded in Geelong, Victoria, in 1925 as an outpost of Ford Motor Comp ...

engineer Lewis Bandt who is credited as the inventor of the

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, in

Geelong Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...

. Image:Geelong Bypass, Fyansford, 2007.jpg, The bridge under construction in 2007, viewed from the north. Image:Geelong Bypass, Fyansford v2, 2007.jpg, The bridge under construction in 2007

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Road bridges in Victoria (Australia) Bridges completed in 2008 Concrete bridges in Australia 2008 establishments in Australia Transport in Geelong Buildings and structures in Geelong {{VictoriaAU-struct-stub