Murray Bridge, South Australia
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Murray Bridge () is a city in South Australia about 80 km southeast of Adelaide and 1 hour drive north of Meningie. It is the service town for a farming area including dairy, pigs, chickens, cereal crops and vegetables (including "stay crisp lettuces"). It is where the Princes Highway crosses the Murray River on the main road and rail routes from Adelaide to Melbourne.
Murray Bridge is in the traditional lands of the Ngarrindjeri people. The first European explorer was Charles Sturt who camped here on 8 February 1830.
The first road bridge across the lower Murray was completed here in 1879 and has a 40 km/h speed limit. The bridge also became a shared road and rail bridge in 1886 until the separate rail bridge was completed in 1927. The Swanport Bridge was completed 5 km downstream in 1979, removing most through traffic from the historic bridge. The town was originally known as Mobilong, then Edwards Crossing before finally becoming Murray Bridge in 1924.
Murray Bridge is in the Rural City of Murray Bridge, the state electoral district of Hammond and the federal Division of Barker.
It is also home to the River Murray Football League, which plays Australian Rules Football. The league consists of the Murray Bridge based clubs of Ramblers and Imperials and the district teams of Mypolonga, Mannum, Tailem Bend, Jervois and Meningie.
Local Schools include Murray Bridge North School, Murray Bridge South School, Murray Bridge High, Murray Bridge Christian College and Unity College.
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