Lewis Bandt Bridge

Lewis Bandt Bridge

Looking south along the Ring Road to the Lewis Bandt Bridge
Coordinates 38°8′1.46″S 144°18′27.08″E / 38.1337389°S 144.3075222°ECoordinates: 38°8′1.46″S 144°18′27.08″E / 38.1337389°S 144.3075222°E
History
Opened 14 December 2008

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.[1] Two days of torrential rain beforehand threatened to disrupt the opening,[2] however it went ahead as planned after a cessation of the storm.[3] The opening carried was out by Victorian Premier John Brumby,[4] who announced the naming of the bridge as the Lewis Bandt Bridge, in honour of the Ford Australia engineer Lewis Bandt[5] who is credited as the inventor of the coupé utility, in Geelong.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Geelong Ring Road: Open To The Public". YouTube. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  2. ↑ "Rain Cancels Ring Road Family Day". Geelong Advertiser. 13 December 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  3. ↑ "Green Light for Geelong Advertiser Ring Road Ride-Run". Geelong Advertiser. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  4. ↑ "Ring Road Open for Business". Geelong Advertiser. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  5. ↑ Damian Veltri. "Bandt, Louis Thornett (Lewis) (1910–1987)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Brumby Declares Geelong Ring Road Open". Geelong Advertiser. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2009.

External links

Media related to Lewis Bandt Bridge at Wikimedia Commons