Montague Street Bridge, Tram bridge in South Melbourne, Australia
The Montague Street Bridge carries the route 109 tram over Montague Street in South Melbourne, between Woodgate Street and Gladstone Lane. Its flat deck rests on thick rectangular concrete pillars, with a band of red and white vertical stripes across the face and white signs reading "LOW CLEARANCE 3.0m". A smaller sign on the left pillar gives an emergency contact number.
The bridge was built in 1914 by Johns & Waygood and was originally part of the railway infrastructure serving the Port Melbourne line. It was created to support industrial workers and freight movement in what was then a working industrial area.
The bridge has become a talking point in the local community because of its collision history, which residents and visitors often discuss and follow. This feature has turned the structure into something people notice and remark about in their daily lives.
Warning signs and detection systems are positioned at several spots around the bridge to alert drivers about the low height. When planning a route through this area, larger vehicles or delivery trucks should look for alternative routes.
Tom Waller runs the website How Many Days Since Montague Street Bridge Has Been Hit, tracking each "championship title bout" since February 2016 and inviting crowdsourced crash reports. The bridge's face carries red and white stripes and two signs reading "LOW CLEARANCE 3.0m"; a pillar sign gives the emergency number 000.
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