Jim Stynes Bridge

The Jim Stynes Bridge is a pedestrian bridge over the Yarra River at Docklands precinct in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Jim Stynes Bridge
Coordinates	37°49′22.7″S 144°56′53″E
Carries	Pedestrians, Bicycles
Crosses	Yarra River
Locale	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Maintained by	VicRoads
Characteristics
Design	Suspension bridge
Material	Steel
Total length	120 metres (390 ft)
History
Architect	Cox Architecture
Constructed by	Fitzgerald Constructions Australia
Opened	18 June 2014
Location

The new bridge provides a vital link for pedestrians, cyclists and commuters between the Melbourne central business district, and the key precincts of Docklands and Northbank. Designed as a horizontal suspension bridge, it arcs out 30 metres over the river and creates the illusion it is hovering unsupported above it, passing under the Charles Grimes Bridge.^[1]

The bridge was named after Jim Stynes, a prominent Ireland-born player of Australian rules football who died in 2012.^[2] Two bronze plaques outlining Stynes' achievements are installed at each end of the bridge.^[3]