Hawkesbury

Hawkesbury, a river of New South Wales, rises in the Cullarin Range, and under the names of Wollondilly and Nepean flows NE., then turns as the Hawkesbury SE., and enters the Pacific at Broken Bay, about 20 miles NE. of Sydney. It has a total length of 330 miles, and is navigable for vessels of 100 tons as high as Windsor. The Hawkesbury is crossed by a steel girder bridge (1886-89) on the railway between Sydney and Newcastle. It carries a double line of rails, and is one of the largest structures of its kind in the world, having seven spans of from 410 to 416 feet, and a total length between abutments of 2900 feet. The bridge completes the system of railway communication between Brisbane and Adelaide.