Seafarers Bridge is a footbridge over the Yarra River in central Melbourne, linking the city centre with Docklands and South Wharf. Grimshaw Architects designed it, Brown Consulting did the engineering and Fitzgerald Constructions built it. It opened in January 2009. The article names no client or style, and the City of Melbourne maintains it.
The bridge is a 246-foot (75 m) single span of steel, a two-pylon cable-stayed footbridge. Steel ties connect the main span to elliptical arches, three on the north side and four on the south. It is the formal entrance to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre and carries pedestrians and cyclists.
It is named after the nearby Mission to Seafarers centre and for Melbourne's maritime history. The article gives no start date for construction and no hours, and the bridge is open as a public crossing.
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