Murray Bridge, South Australia
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| Murray Bridge South Australia |
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 The Murray Bridge that crosses the Murray |
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| Population: | 12,998 (2001) |
| Established: | 1924 |
| Location: | 80 km from Adelaide |
| LGA: | Rural City of Murray Bridge |
| State District: | Hammond |
| Federal Division: | Barker |
Murray Bridge () is a city in South Australia about 80 kilometres (50 miles) southeast of Adelaide and 1 hour drive north of Meningie. It is the service town for a farming area including dairy, pigs, chickens, cereal crops and vegetables (including "stay crisp lettuces"). It is where the Princes Highway crosses the Murray River on the main road and rail routes from Adelaide to Melbourne.
Murray Bridge is in the traditional lands of the Ngarrindjeri people. The first European explorer was Charles Sturt who camped here on 8 February 1830.
The first road bridge across the lower Murray was completed here in 1879 and has a 40 km/h (~25 mph) speed limit. The bridge also became a shared road and rail bridge in 1886 until the separate rail bridge was completed in 1927. The Swanport Bridge was completed 5 kilometres (3 miles) downstream in 1979, removing most through traffic from the historic bridge. The town was originally known as Mobilong, then Edwards Crossing before finally becoming Murray Bridge in 1924.
Murray Bridge is in the Rural City of Murray Bridge, the state electoral district of Hammond and the federal Division of Barker.
It is also home to the River Murray Football League, which plays Australian Rules Football. The league consists of the Murray Bridge based clubs of Ramblers and Imperials and the district teams of Mypolonga, Mannum, Tailem Bend, Jervois and Meningie.
Local Schools include Murray Bridge North School, Murray Bridge South School, Murray Bridge High, Murray Bridge Christian College and Unity College.
In 2005 the town's golf course, Murray Bridge Golf Club, held the State's premier regional junior team event, the Brett Ogle Cup (named after the Australian Professional golfer Brett Ogle). The home team, through the heroics of leading local juniors Constantine Papaevagelou and Craig McCulloch, went undefeated and qualified for the state final, losing narrowly. The team had not previously experienced such success; junior golf in the region has since obtained a higher profile.
Murray Bridge is also the home of the Murray Bridge Racing Club.
[edit] Sister Cities
Murray Bridge has two sister cities, according to the Australian Sister Cities Association.
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
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State of South Australia |
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| Capital | Adelaide |
| Regions |
Adelaide Hills | Barossa Valley | Clare Valley | Eyre Peninsula | Fleurieu Peninsula | Flinders Ranges | Limestone Coast | Mid North | Nullarbor Plain | Riverland | Yorke Peninsula |
| Adelaide |
City of Adelaide | City of Burnside | City of Campbelltown | City of Charles Sturt | Town of Gawler | City of Holdfast Bay | City of Marion | City of Mitcham | City of Norwood Payneham St Peters | City of Onkaparinga | City of Playford | City of Port Adelaide Enfield | City of Prospect | City of Salisbury | City of Tea Tree Gully | City of Unley | City of West Torrens | Town of Walkerville |
| Cities |
Adelaide | Port Augusta | Mount Gambier | Murray Bridge | Port Pirie | Whyalla |
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