The Jim Stynes Bridge is a pedestrian bridge over the Yarra River at Docklands precinct in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The new bridge provides a vital link for pedestrians, cyclists and commuters between the Melbourne central business district, and the key precincts of Docklands and Northbank. Designed as a horizontal suspension bridge, it arcs out 30 metres over the river and creates the illusion it is hovering unsupported above it, passing under the Charles Grimes Bridge.[1]
The bridge was named after Jim Stynes, a prominent Ireland-born player of Australian rules football who died in 2012.[2] Two bronze plaques outlining Stynes’ achievements are installed at each end of the bridge.[3]
References
- ^ Masanauskas, John; Toy, Mitchell (20 December 2012). “Works begin on city bridge to honour Jim Stynes in Northbank precinct”. Herald Sun.
- ^ “New Jim Stynes Bridge by Cox Architects merges engineering, design and landscape”. Architecture & Design. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ “Jim Stynes Bridge officially opens in Melbourne”. Alex Malcolm. AFL. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2015.