The Mary MacKillop Bridge is a bascule bridge in

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater A ...

, Australia that carries the Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line over the

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. In July 2005, Abigroup was awarded a contract to build a railway bridge and the adjoining Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge to carry the Port River Expressway over the Port River. The bridge was built as part of a project to divert the Dry Creek-Port Adelaide line away from the Rosewater loop and bypass the suburban network. It was opened on 1 August 2008 by

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Mike Rann.Traffic flows faster after bridge opening
''New Connections'' issue 2 October 2008 page 7 Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure

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{{Australian railway bridges, state=autocollapse Bascule bridges Bridges completed in 2008 Buildings and structures in Adelaide Lefevre Peninsula Railway bridges in South Australia 2008 establishments in Australia