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Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
Australia's most controversial and provocative private museum, built underground in a Tasmanian winery.
11 km · about 20 min drive
Tasmania, Australia · Oceania
Bridgewater is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Gagebrook, 18km from kunanyi / Mount Wellington.
Bridgewater is a town located in Tasmania, Australia. With a population of 4,065, it is an important destination in Oceania.
On a road trip, Bridgewater sits in Australia, where you drive on the left. It's in the Australia/Hobart time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Bridgewater to your route.
The Bridgewater Bridge is a 1.2-kilometre-long (0.7 mi) concrete box girder bridge that carries the Midland Highway across the River Derwent in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. This bridge connects the Hobart suburbs of Bridgewater and Granton. It accommodates a four-lane highway and a grade-separated footpath and cycleRead more
lane. It is the fifth such bridge at this location to carry this name.
The bridge was funded by the Australian and Tasmanian Governments at a cost of $786 million and constructed by McConnell Dowell. It is expected to service 22,000 trips per day. It is the first bridge at the location to have a marine navigation clearance of greater than 16 metres - consistent with the Bowen Bridge.
It was opened in June 2025 to replace the fourth Bridgewater Bridge (Bridgewater Bridge and Causeway), a steel truss vertical-lift bridge and specially-built causeway. This was a two-lane road bridge that also carried the South Railway Line until its closure in 2014. This bridge had been in operation since 1946, and was the oldest surviving lift span bridge in Australia; lifting of the bridge caused considerable traffic delays in the bridge's final years.
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Bridgewater is located in Tasmania, Australia, Oceania. The coordinates are -42.7372 latitude, 147.2278 longitude.
Bridgewater has a population of approximately 4,065 people, making it a town in Australia.
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Full driving guide for Australia3 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Australia's most controversial and provocative private museum, built underground in a Tasmanian winery.
11 km · about 20 min drive
scenic viewpoint
1,271 m summit above Hobart reached by a sealed 21 km road to an enclosed observation shelter overlooking the Derwent estuary.
18 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
A restored 1837 Lincolnshire-style tower windmill at Oatlands, one of very few working Georgian windmills in the southern hemisphere, still milling flour with its sails turning.
50 km · about 60 min drive
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