Sunday 18 November 2012

Hay Street, railway bridge

This sandstone railway bridge over Hay Street is viewed from Castlereagh Street. It was built as part of the City Circle underground railway line. The first stage was opened in 1926 from Central railway station to Museum and St James stations. The sandstone was recently cleaned and restored.

13 comments:

  1. I though it looked clean saw wasn't surprised it had recently been cleaned - a nice functional design to it.

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  2. Very handsome, with great lines.

    My only concern about sandstone is whether it erodes slowly, over the decades.

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    1. It does. It looks like they needed to replace some of the blocks.

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  3. I had no idea that this bridge had so many tones in the brickwork! It always looked dingy and mouldy! What a great job has been done!

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  4. I like that area around Central with all the sandstone..

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  5. A very nice looking bridge. Much nicer looking than the metal trusses of the bridges around here.

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  6. Very interesting bridge. Clean as well. Typical OZ, huh?

    Happy SSS...

    Greetings from a chilly Stockholm,
    /Chie

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  7. Looks brand new, nice angle with the blue sky.

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  8. The clean up job makes it look brand new.

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