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  1. Jesse @[email protected] ·

    The Newport good line bicycle bridge (aka. "Brooklyn Bridge") on the Federation Trail opened in 2014 after decades of advocacy from cyclist groups.

    It was closed for 4yrs in July 2018 for Westgate Tunnel freeway works to allow them to widen the freeway to 12 lanes and build a tunnel entry for the new tunnel.

    The 2km detour around this bridge is on a dangerous 60km/hr road with trucks and without any bicycle infrastructure. It's completely unusable . Nothing has been done to improve this detour for the entire closure of this bridge.

    As of tomorrow (17th July) the bridge will have been closed for 6yrs and the indication is that it won't be open for at least another year.

    Lots of improvements are being made to connect the Federation Trail through to the city, but none of them require this bridge to be closed. The bridge is and has been in a completely usable state for years. It only remains closed for the convenience of access for the freeway works.

    Here is a video of the state of the bicycle bridge filmed in February this year.

    #Melbourne #Bicycles #BikePaths #FederationTrail
    youtu.be/t2FCjfsWpFU

    #melbourne #bicycles #bikepaths #federationtrail