West Gate Bridge Crossing

"The West Gate Bridge spans the Yarra River, just north of its mouth into Port Phillip, and is a vital link between the inner city and Melbourne's western subur...
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"The West Gate Bridge spans the Yarra River, just north of its mouth into Port Phillip, and is a vital link between the inner city and Melbourne's western suburbs. The total length of the bridge is 2,582.6 metres (8,473.1 ft). It is the third longest in Australia behind the Houghton Highway and the Hornibrook Bridge, and is twice as long as the Sydney Harbour Bridge." History: Collapse. "Two years into construction of the bridge, at 11.50 am on 15 October 1970, the 112 m (367.5 ft) span between piers 10 and 11 collapsed and fell 50 m (164 ft) to the ground and water below. Thirty-five construction workers were killed. Many of those who perished were on lunch break beneath the structure in workers' huts, which were crushed by the falling span. Others were working on and inside the girder when it fell. The whole 2,000-tonne mass plummeted into the Yarra River mud with an explosion of gas, dust and mangled metal that shook buildings hundreds of metres away. Construction resumed in 1972, with the bridge being completed in 1978." Taken from the bridge, from a moving vehicle, looking through the railing at the city lights below. Taken using Canon 7D. 1/4 sec at f2.8, 27mm, ISO 400, 16-35mm lens. Tripod. Post-processed Lightroom 4.
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