What is the Bolte Bridge?
Q: What is the Bolte Bridge?
A: The Bolte Bridge is a large twin cantilever bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Q: How many lanes of traffic does the Bolte Bridge carry?
A: The Bolte Bridge carries a total of 8 lanes of traffic - 4 lanes northbound and 4 lanes southbound.
Q: How long is the Bolte Bridge officially?
A: The Bolte Bridge is officially only 490 metres in length.
Q: How long is the elevated roadway that the Bolte Bridge forms part of?
A: The elevated roadway that the Bolte Bridge forms part of is 5 kilometres long.
Q: What is the Bolte Bridge's claim to being the longest bridge in Australia?
A: The Bolte Bridge's claim to being the longest bridge in Australia is by definition, as it forms part of a 5 kilometre elevated roadway between Flemington Road and the West Gate Freeway.
Q: What does the Bolte Bridge cross?
A: The Bolte Bridge crosses the Yarra River and Victoria Harbour in the Docklands area to the west of the Melbourne CBD.
Q: What toll road system does the Bolte Bridge form part of, and which areas does it connect?
A: The Bolte Bridge forms part of the CityLink system of toll roads that joins the Tullamarine Freeway from the northern suburbs with the West Gate Freeway and the Domain and Burnley tunnels to the Monash Freeway and the south eastern suburbs.
