John Whitton Bridge, Railway bridge in Meadowbank, Australia

John Whitton Bridge is a railway bridge crossing the Parramatta River in Meadowbank with a steel box girder structure. It rests on four water-based piers and spans five sections to carry trains between Rhodes and Meadowbank.

The original Meadowbank Bridge, a lattice truss designed by Chief Engineer John Whitton, opened on 17 September 1886. Concrete piers for a second crossing were finished in 1952, but the quadrupling project was cancelled. Work resumed in the 1970s, and the two-track box girder bridge named after Whitton opened in May 1980. The 1886 bridge was refurbished in 2000 for pedestrians and cyclists.

The 1980 bridge is named after John Whitton, the New South Wales Government Railways chief engineer who designed the original 1886 Meadowbank lattice truss bridge. That older structure, refurbished in 2000, now carries cyclists and pedestrians beside the railway crossing.

Trains run daily between Rhodes and Meadowbank, serving thousands of commuters on this route. The bridge is maintained by Transport for NSW and remains operational for regular train service.

The 1952 concrete piers for the second crossing were finished just as the quadruplication project was cancelled, and they stood unused for over two decades until work resumed in the 1970s. They were then extended so two more tracks could be added later. The 1886 lattice truss bridge alongside, also by John Whitton, was refurbished in 2000 for pedestrians and cyclists.