The Bolte Bridge is a large twin cantilever road bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Bolte Bridge carries a total of eight lanes of traffic – four lanes northbound and four lanes southbound. While officially only 490 metres in length, the actual structure appears much longer as it forms part of a 5 kilometre elevated roadway between Flemington Road and the West Gate Freeway. It spans the Yarra River and Victoria Harbour in the Docklands precinct to the west of the Melbourne CBD. It forms part of the CityLink system of toll roads that connects the Tullamarine Freeway from the northern suburbs with the West Gate Freeway and the Domain and Burnley tunnels to the Monash Freeway and the south eastern suburbs. It is named after Victoria's 38th and longest-serving Premier, Sir Henry Bolte.
The Bolte Bridge from the Melbourne Docklands
Bolte Bridge, looking back to the Melbourne CBD
Bolte Bridge from the base of the bridge
Bolte Bridge at dusk
The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, is a perennial river in south-central Victoria, Australia.
The Yarra River in Melbourne CBD, November 2010
Yarra River at night panorama, February 2005
Photograph of wool washing sheds in and on banks of Yarra River in late 19th century
Melbourne Landing, 1840; watercolour by W. Liardet (1840)
