Fremantle Traffic Bridge

About

The Fremantle Traffic Bridge carries Queen Victoria Street over the Swan River, linking the suburbs of North Fremantle and Fremantle in Perth, Western Australia.

With the 1866-built bridge connecting North Fremantle and Fremantle in urgent need of replacement, work commenced on a replacement in November 1937. It was envisaged to have a short lifespan with Fremantle Harbour expected to be extended further east. Hence it was built out of timber rather than concrete. It opened on 15 December 1939.

In 1992 work on replacing the original timbers to extend the bridge's life by 25 years was completed. [ full citation needed ] [ full citation needed ]

Construction of a replacement bridge by a consortium of Arup, Laing O’Rourke and WSP commenced in September 2024. [ full citation needed ] The project was altered with the new bridge to be built to the west of the current bridge rather than the east. The old bridge was closed on 1 February 2026. The replacement bridge is scheduled to open by February 2027.